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International Women's Day is normally celebrated March 8. Last night's belated celebration was the result of a remark Sur made to Edidiong N. Ikpe '99, who is president of the Association of Black Radcliffe Women (ABRW). Sur, who is Ikpe's senior thesis advisor, mentioned the holiday to Ikpe, who had never heard...
...International Women's Day is normally celebrated March 8. Last night's belated celebration was the result of a remark Sur made to Edidiong N. Ikpe '99, who is president of the Association of Black Radcliffe Women (ABRW). Sur, who is Ikpe's senior thesis advisor, mentioned the holiday to Ikpe, who had never heard...
...points out the history of her house in Roxborough, a house my great-grandparents built, it feels like a monument. But it isn't, because Grammy is not a millionaire. Neither is my grandfather, although for some reason Harvard pursues them both with enough vigor for her to remark to me about how sorry she is she can't give. Then we laugh...
...unlikely friendship between sweet Beth and the tough, hysterical head investigator, Whoopie Goldberg. Goldberg is realistic and tactless, introducing herself to Beth as, "Hi my name is Candy, Candy Bliss. Sounds like a porn-star....What can I say, presents can be so cruel to kids." Naturally this ironic remark drives Beth to tears, and for the next nine years, angst-ridden, she tries to cope, unsuccessfully, with her guilt over Ben's loss...
...many, whom they looked down upon while in college, cannot so far forget as to give money freely into their hands. Men in Wall Street complain that the college comes straight to them for help, instead of asking each graduate for his share. The reason is found in a remark made by one of Yale's and America's first men: 'Few will give but Bones men, and they care far more for their society than they do for the college....' "Year by year the deadly evil is growing. The society was never as obnoxious to the college...