Word: ruth
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...sure, nursing for a year is a chore, and mothers who can't go that long should not despair. "If you stop earlier it doesn't mean there aren't any benefits," says A.A.P. spokeswoman Dr. Ruth Lawrence. That's the kind of sound advice any parent can embrace...
...wants to let their loved ones go unacknowledged? Ruth Jacobson, 62, is devoted to preserving the memory of her daughter Sarah, an independent filmmaker who died last year at age 32. Ruth amassed 27 cartons of materials related to Sarah's work for the archives at New York University's film library, her enthusiasm undimmed by such risqué titles as Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore. She responds to fan e-mail and keeps meticulous records of press clippings. "So many people remembered Sarah and were moved by her that letters keep coming," Ruth says. "In a way that...
...Ruth's dedication mirrors her daughter's attitude when Sarah learned she had metastatic endometrial uterine cancer. Immediately, Sarah began working harder than ever. Having already made several shorts and features, which won a cult following among college students and indie-film fans, Sarah was determined to make another feature film, creating storyboards in her hospice bed. She was unable to complete that project, but when her hair fell out from chemo, she and her boyfriend filmed each other shaving their heads into Mohawks for a short film called True Love Mohawk. In addition to that, the driven filmmaker organized...
...Ruth R. Wisse, Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature, Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard College Professor...
...Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse, the only professor who spoke openly in support of Summers at last Tuesday’s faculty meeting, hinted that if professors put a vote of “no confidence†in Summers on the docket for the March 15 meeting, they might face another docket item aimed at them...