Word: scholarshipped
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...Bible and reciting in church. At 6 she moved to her mother's home in Milwaukee, Wis.; later, to her father's in Nashville, Tenn. A lonely child, she found solace in books. When a seventh-grade teacher noticed the young girl reading during lunch, he got her a scholarship to a better school. Winfrey's talent for public performance and spontaneity in answering questions helped her win beauty contests--and get her first taste of public attention...
Colorado's Boettcher Scholarship was endowedfor students like Leslie, and it is this kind ofoutlay that Harvard found in the hands of many ofits admitted students this spring. Each year, 40Colorado residents are awarded full tuition, roomand board for four years as long as they remainin-state...
...trick to beating this kind of scholarship,as Harvard officials discovered in Munoz's case,seems to be providing enough aid to bring Harvardwithin "shouting distance" of the competing offerand then let prestige do the rest. But prestige byitself just can't compete...
...both institutions' top-level leaders see the restructuring's effect on undergraduates and alumnae as secondary to a larger mission: to join to create the premier hub of scholarship to explore interdisciplinary, cross-cultural issues of gender and society...
...Crimson's accomplishment cannot be overstated. Simply put, it made national history. Even if another 16 seed comes along one day and duplicates the feat, Harvard was still the first. Moreover, the likelihood of another non-scholarship school matching the Crimson's achievement is slim, at best...