Word: sad
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...personality. Even a simple salutation goes a long way, she later explains, recounting a formative freshman-year experience when a friend thanked her for asking how he was doing. “Someone would send me an e-mail for doing something as basic as stopping when someone looks sad?” she remembers, reenacting her surprise. Cohen, who describes herself as a “white Jewish girl,” is known for her involvement in primarily black organizations including the Harvard African Students Association (HASA). When Cohen assesses her experiences, whether as an undergraduate...
...sad that they’re closing it,” says Margaux E. Black ’10. “I think it was a great experience in my opinion just living in such a small dorm...
...through the first round, defeating Western Ontario, 9-0, but Princeton proved to be troublesome once again. The Tigers won a close 5-4 match, relegating Harvard to the third-place match, where it easily defeated Yale, 9-0. “I think it was definitely a bit sad, as we didn’t come out winning,” Suchde said. “It was bit disappointing.” But at the Individual Championships, Oren and Suchde made deep runs in the tournament. Suchde defeated the top seed in the competition to advance...
...over. However, what is key is the underlying bias that unites all of these instances. Implicit in the assumption that black students do not belong at Harvard is the archaic idea that black people are incapable of laying claim to the Harvard legacy, both real and mythologized. What is sad is that we as a society have not gotten over the very basic notion that racial identity does not impute capacity or potential...
...meantime, Lohan's sway with audiences is waning, says Steve Levitt, president of Marketing Evaluations Inc./The Q Scores Company, a firm which evaluates celebrities for marketers. "This is a sad case of a young celebrity who can't get out of her own way and is losing her appeal," says Levitt. In a February 2007 study, Lohan's negative ratings among consumers were four times her positive ones. For a star most beloved by young girls, the bad girl behavior turns off parents, as well as potential business partners. "Really, who wants to take a chance?" says Levitt...