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...graduation, my hearing). Presumably your selection committee knew what they were getting themselves into when they selected _____ (a real American hero, an adult, a white-collar criminal). I’m here to share with you today some of the things I learned in ____ (my time at Harvard, my post-fifth grade life, prison). Many of those lessons came while I was _____ (at The Crimson, in sixth grade, in solitary confinement). In the grand tradition of speakers before me, I’d like to send you out into the world with some totally original and not at all trite...
...Picard, the New York-based lawyer who could have easily doubled for actor Frederic March in film Inherit the Wind, is at the turbulent center of the post-Madoff world, a world that includes multi-billion dollar feeder fund lawsuits, multi-million dollar deals with international banks, and, less grand, the issuing of multi-hundred thousand dollar checks to the nearly 7,000 direct account holders caught up in Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme. (See pictures of the demise of Bernard Madoff...
...would have predicted a miracle finish after the first two overtimes saw the Crimson outshoot Columbia, 9-3, but come away empty-handed. In the first overtime, a shot from Harvard’s freshman standout Melanie Baskind ricocheted off the bottom of the post, bounced down, and looked to have crossed the plane. But the potential goal was not given. Luck, it seemed, was not on the Crimson’s side. With less than a minute left, it was almost a foregone conclusion—Harvard would barely lose out on its Ivy title. But everyone...
...Citing policy prohibiting comment on disciplinary matters involving individual students, administrators have declined to comment on Campbell—making it difficult to put together a cohesive picture of the record of the woman who claimed recently to the New York Post that she has been “scapegoated” and “can’t defend [herself...
...hair. If he couldn't get his hair right, he'd say, 'I don't feel good.' " - Ronnie Spector, lead singer of the Ronettes and Spector's former wife, on his obsession with his hair, which later took form in a series of increasingly odd wigs (New York Post, March...