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...meantime, McDowell said she had been working with Little on editing and drafting an opinion piece for publication to bring Okhotin’s plight to a wider audience. Sonnenberg said he collaborated with Little in the writing of that piece...
Even though he insisted that he was not “Dean of Negro students,” he said he remained interested in black Harvard students’ plight “because I know the pain one goes through upon encountering new, integrated situations...
Many hands have been wrung about the plight of overextended kids. In their attempts to become well rounded as individuals and well liked by college admissions officers, youngsters from grammar school to high school barely have time for play, let alone relaxation. But between homework and music lessons, soccer practice and SAT prep, some parents and their kids are scheduling a new set of appointments. These commitments, however, are less likely to be monitored by coaches and instructors than by the aestheticians, masseurs and nutritionists at the growing number of day spas and resorts that cater to young people. "Kids...
...Davis' plight is grim, but it's hardly unique. States across the nation are struggling with falling revenues and budget crises, and overall spending by the states is set to decline for the first time in 20 years. New York is hiking income and sales taxes, Alaska is charging higher fees on studded tires, and Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn is suing the state assembly for failing to pass a budget on time. In 2000, the states had rainy-day funds that totaled nearly $50 billion; last week only $6 billion of that was left. But California, with its $38 billion...
Okhotin graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a degree in economics in 1998. He soon found a job at a brokerage firm—but around Christmas of that same year, Okhotin says, he abandoned this career in order to address the plight of Shageldy Atakov, a religious prisoner in Turkmenistan...