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Jane H. Van Cleef ’06 learned to sew at her parents’ knees—her mother made bean bags, her father was a quilter. By high school, she had several catalogues and prom dresses to her name. Harvard has benefited from her skills via the stage: last year, she was praised for her work on Richard III and Cabaret, and she’s at work on the costumes for this fall’s Faust. She makes almost everything she wears...
...creases. Members of Beets' unit, Charlie Company of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, got word today that they should switch from their standard Army green camis to tan, intended to make infantrymen like Beets invisible in the sand, except for the blindingly bright American flag they have to sew on the right shoulder when they're about to deploy overseas so that allies can distinguish U.S. troops at close quarters...
...four months of basic training and two months of advanced training. He learned how to fire weapons, survive in the wilderness and fight in urban areas. He was taught “how to run really far and carry heavy things,” as well as how to sew. After entering training as “a wise-ass who thinks he’s crazy hot shit,” Heilman emerged a “functional, obedient and moral soldier” with a lot more muscle on his bones...
...school testing. The name of the landmark education bill President Bush signed in January--the No Child Left Behind Act--reflected the prevailing mood: to resist standardized tests was to desert kids. The legislation, which mandates annual testing in Grades 3 through 8, passed overwhelmingly. But as state legislatures sew up their budgets and students dive into year-end exams, a change is afoot--the sacred cow of school testing is getting tested itself...
...executives. Think if Father John Geoghan had been Sister Johanna Geoghan. Would she have been recycled from parish to parish, even given a sabbatical to Rome? Not according to Sister Joan. A nun who physically harmed a child would be sent "back to the motherhouse to boil potatoes or sew coifs. She wouldn't see the inside of a school again...