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Altshuler, who is Stanton professor of urban policy and planning, will take the reins of the school when current Dean Peter G. Rowe steps down on July 1, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced in an e-mail to school faculty and staff. The interim arrangement, in which Altshuler will lead the school until a new dean is selected and can begin, was also announced at a design school meeting last week...
...Borlaug’s 90th birthday party earlier this year, Colin Powell led the singing of “Happy Birthday” in his honor. But, according to Quinn, when Peter Jennings came to interview Borlaug, he had already left for Africa...
...welcome you to your last rites,” said Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, after inviting the seniors through the doors of the church’s western porch...
Others take more convincing. When he was called back to work for the family company, Peter Kim was less than thrilled. But one day he had an epiphany while driving down the freeway. "I was feeling sorry for myself," he says. "Then it hit me: You are such a coward. My parents and that whole generation come to this country with nothing--like, a suitcase and maybe, what, a couple hundred bucks?" His father, seated beside him, says, "Thirty-eight dollars...
...They don't know the language," Peter Kim continues. "They don't know the culture. They can't even find a bathroom. They know nothing but can build this. It was almost like somebody took a frying pan and smacked me on the head. I am born in this country. I am educated in this country. We can make a go of this." The American Dream, after all, is worth fighting for. --With reporting by Anne Berryman/Kennesaw, Laura A. Locke/Napa, Siobhan Morrissey/Miami, Constance E. Richards/Greenville and Sean Scully/Los Angeles