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Begley says that he had not planned as a college student to become a lawyer. His father had hoped he would become a doctor—but when he realized that he didn’t enjoy hard science or medicine enough to pursue that path, he found himself without much of a career...
...most impressive characteristic of my classmates at Harvard was their ability to combine the best of the Organization Kid with other simpler values like friendship, compelling conversation and fun. They were interesting, hard-working and on the path to success, but, crucially, many of them knew how to transform back into the normal, albeit nerdy, kid who did things because they were enjoyable and at key moments, took time to smell the roses. Having lived, worked and studied with these protean creatures for four years now, I have to hope that their sense of balance has rubbed...
...9/11 attacks were a tragedy, but they provided an opportunity for a police action against terrorists that, combined with multilateral diplomacy, could have won the battle for Muslim hearts and minds. But the Bush Administration's policies and those of Tony Blair have led us down the wrong path. We need new leaders to rescue us and the Iraqi people from a situation that could be far worse than Vietnam. Peter Parry Ynys Mon, Wales...
...battle was the hard part. Nothing that followed--not the bloody path to conquest through the Ardennes, not the fits and starts of rebuilding Europe from the ruins, not the forging of the postwar balance of power--surpassed in difficulty or cost the demands of that one day, when luck and fate and genius and nerve worked to give Freedom her victory. As we approach Memorial Day and another significant anniversary, as President Bush takes his turn honoring the memories on those haunted beaches, there's no avoiding the comparisons. To look back on that day from the middle...
...passed that a small draw providing access up the bluff had been found and that attempts were being made to blow up the barbed wire with bangalore torpedoes and find a way up through the mines. As I started up, I saw the white tape marking a safe path through the mines, and I also saw the price paid to mark that path for us. Several G.I.s had been blown to death, and another, still alive, was being attended to. As I passed, I could see that both his legs were gone, and tourniquets were being applied by a medic...