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Someone else who has demonstrated perseverance is basketball player MICHAEL JORDAN. Since Jordan has lent his name to everything from cereal to underwear, why not a children's book? Salt in His Shoes (Simon & Schuster) happens to have been written by his mom Deloris Jordan and sister Roslyn M. Jordan. "Mama, how can I grow taller?" a young Michael asks his mother after losing a basketball game. His mother tells him that putting salt in his shoes will help. Though he doesn't notice any improved verticality, he keeps playing. It will come as no surprise that Michael realizes that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Celebs Take On Seuss | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

...beat all the odds. Harvard's tenure process is notoriously unfriendly to its junior faculty and few women, parents or inspiring teachers receive tenure. Seltzer was tenured from within the University, not hired after making her significant contributions at another university. She is an excellent teacher--she won the Roslyn Abramson award and the Phi Beta Kappa award for excellence in teaching. And her near-perfect 4.9 score in the CUE Guide for her course entitled Computer Science 161: Operating Systems shows her commitment to undergraduates. Finally, Seltzer is a mother and currently on maternity-leave...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Seltzer's Deserved Tenure | 5/12/2000 | See Source »

...offensive momentum for Harvard stalled in the third quarter, however, as Dartmouth came out firing. The Big Green capitalized on crucial Crimson miscues and tied the game at 3-3 on goals from attackers Scott Roslyn and Ryan Beible...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lax Ends Season With Win Over Dartmouth, 6-4 | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...fireable offense, possibly prosecutable under law. If a "whole school" is indulging in this kind of hate speech, then that whole school should be held accountable for it--everyone! The lesson of discouraging hate speech such as that used by Evan Todd obviously still needs to be learned. ROSLYN REID Bernardsville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 1, 2000 | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

...sells for $1,495 plus shipping. Until about 1995, the company did most of its business with Mormons, who stockpile food as a principle of their faith. More recently, however, as much as 90% of sales have been to non-Mormons. "Y2K is driving the worry," says office manager Roslyn Niebuhr. Because monthly sales have zoomed from $300,000 in December 1977 to $4 million last November, the company has quadrupled its dealerships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End Of The World As We Know It? | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

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