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With this incredible wealth, however, comes an enormous responsibility for Harvard. Especially if it is going to make the argument, as officials have, that a new infusion of capital is necessary for Harvard to retain its leadership in American education. Harvard can’t make other schools raise more money, but it can make more of an active effort to help out struggling schools on all levels with non-financial resources. More programs are needed like the plans presently forming to have Harvard help retrain Cambridge public school teachers...
...campaign I've ever seen, except for John Kennedy's." He told the gathering he backs Obama because the Iraq war has drained assets better used elsewhere, and said he sees Obama as "a sound, qualified leader," who "has the capacity to draw good people to him, and to retain them...
...Hudlin’s ability to retain a connection to his hometown that set him apart, according to Senior Admissions Officer David L. Evans, a man Hudlin says had a “big impression on him” in his College years...
...Sparing you my construction-worker's appraisal of each actress' current state of preservation or decay, I'll just say that the wonder is Cattrall, who's managed to retain her erotic shine from her first film, the 1975 Rosebud, undiminished. The camera examines her face, tracks up her tanned legs, nuzzles or nestles in her cleavage, and can find no flaw, as if she were the prize creation of a CGI wizard. One scene - where Samantha, as a treat for Smith, lies nude on their dining room table, her body garnished with sushi - could be a chic photo essay...
...Kennedy an honorary degree this year would not only involve making an exception to that tradition, but would also require circumventing the lengthy process of vetting and determining honorands and making last-minute arrangements in the next week. These obstacles aside, if the Corporation and Board of Overseers, who retain the power to award honorary degrees, truly want to honor Senator Kennedy in this way, they may still...