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...Unlike most Harvard students, however, he isn’t surfing Facebook; he’s going to class. This is how Russ—a fifty-three year old Oregonian—studies at Harvard.McAlmond is part of a growing group—which once famously included teen queen Hilary A. Duff—that takes online courses through Harvard Extension School (HES). The Distance Education Program (DEP), started in 1997, caters to adults who wish to continue their education. Of the 600 course offerings this year at HES, 75 are available via the Internet. Although the Distance Program...
...London: Pick up a westbound No. 11 bus at the Bank of England in the City financial district and make for the top deck to enjoy a bird's eye view of St. Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. Moving down Whitehall, after passing the two Queen's Household Cavalry sentries outside Horse Guards Parade, the bus approaches the iron gates that guard the entrance to 10 Downing Street - you might catch a glimpse of the Prime Minister addressing the press pack outside his famous front door. Another bonus: a ride on Chelsea's trendy King's Road...
Does she enjoy her work? People say to me, "Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange." But of course I have not experienced any other life. It's not strange to me. The same way with the Queen. She has never experienced anything else. That life, that knowledge, that wisdom is purely natural...
...Does the Queen like the country Britain has become? You, I, we all encounter behaviors that we might say, "I wouldn't do that," or "I don't understand why people do that." But she has a huge amount of contact with how people live. She sees more hospices and sink estates [blighted housing projects] than most people. And on something like drugs, she will know someone who has been affected. But whether she likes or dislikes is immaterial...
...friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed--and of course she reassured the terrified footman he had done nothing wrong. Once when she was on a walkabout in Scotland, someone said to her, "You look just like the Queen!" She replied, "How reassuring...