Word: pursuits
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...article on Obama's mother - one of the best I have read - drags you into the complex worlds of poverty, biracial living, racism and the pursuit of knowledge. Obama knows the visceral reality of these issues better than many or all of his contenders - these born-with-a-golden-spoon candidates. Prabhduev Konana, Austin, Texas...
Then one victim of my relentless pursuit articulated what the others seemed to be implying all along: “Do they even allow Harvard graduates to go into the restaurant business? Because I can’t think of any.” And, as an afterthought: “But as long as I have you here, how much do you know about food?” I could answer the latter with ease, less because of my vast array of culinary knowledge than the skillful art perfected by any graduating English concentrator of elegantly saying nothing...
DeBergalis found a more hands-on pursuit when he decided to run for the Cambridge City Council in 2003. Though at 26 he was the youngest candidate in the race and had virtually no experience in politics, DeBergalis—who was better known to Cambridge voters as “DeBerg”—turned his age into an advantage by intensively courting the youth vote. His platform spoke directly to college students and recent graduates, focusing on issues such as increased late night transportation and extended restaurant hours...
...spent four years at Harvard trying to reconcile all my different selves and trying to realize that these could co-exist,” she adds.Coming to Harvard hasn’t been the only challenge that Yu has faced in her pursuit of music. Having started to learn the piano at age four and the cello at age nine, Yu traveled from Taiwan to the United States at 14 to study at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of celebrated cello pedagogue Dr. Richard Aaron.“It meant leaving my family and traveling...
...passion. A great part of that was this new idea he had.” says co-producer Tara L. Moross ’09. Bolman’s “new idea” was to set Shakespeare’s classic tale of mistaken identity and pursuit of love on Memphis’ Beale Street, a jazz epicentre. Lovelorn Duke Orsino’s court has been turned into a jazz nightclub, complete with alcohol, dancers, and music. A live jazz quartet will be featured onstage, providing music during transitions and the songs of Feste the clown...