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While Lewis does not possess Jewett’s friendly and outgoing demeanor, he has translated his compulsion to write into a means of keeping in touch with the College community...
...looks for a person who cares deeply about private institutions of this kind and the appropriate autonomies they need to possess in terms of academic freedom. Somebody who understands the necessary patience with the academic process. Somebody who is insistent on principle,” she says...
...They possess tenacity and street-smarts that the nonathletic among us could never attain. Playing on a team—understanding the role of communication and selflessness in order to succeed—is a concept that is difficult for me to grasp, given that my achievements have been mostly individually motivated. In representing a team and a community just by choosing to show up for a game—regardless of whether they see any playing time—athletes display an unselfishness and sense of loyalty that non-athletes just don?...
...apparently unrelated ideas into a cohesive scientific position. From his 300 consecutive monthly columns in Natural History magazine to his books on various aspects of evolutionary history, Gould remained committed throughout his career to translating science into terms the public could understand—a skill few contemporary academics possess...
...What's also disturbing is that the con seems to have required the complicity of consulate staffers, possibly local Vietnamese. Unlike most immigration policies, the Amerasian regulations are designed to be lenient. A visa can be granted to anyone deemed to possess "Amerasian facial features." So it's hard to understand how Tran Van Hai could have been rejected. Dark-skinned with kinky hair and built like a linebacker, Hai, 30, says he's the son of an African-American airman named Mark who lived with his mother in the 1970s. Denied a visa, he went to the consulate...