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...problem, but affirmative action is not the solution. Take the analogy of growing plants. If one is put in good soil and given water and sunlight, it will grow tall and flower. Put that same plant in bad soil, neglect it of water or leave it in the shade, and the plant will not grow properly. If, seeing this malnourished plant, you pull on it to make it taller, could you then say it is a good flower? No. The solution is to give the flower what it needs from the start. Early education programs, Head Start, food, clothes...
...were talking about this [particular room across the way], and we looked out the window, and in a room right next to that one we saw this girl just totally getting undressed, who we didn't even know. Really, that was the time to just pull down the shade...
...book,A Darker Shade of Crimson,is the first in a three-part series Thomas-Graham, whose husband is also a writer with a Harvard Law degree, has contracted to write for publisher Simon & Schuster...
...starts me on a tour of the facility and soon I learn that the building is a landmark, and that the club is just a shade older than the 14th amendment. The first thing we visit is the wood-paneled Grill Room, an area that could pass for Harvard's thirteenth dining hall. That is, except for the welcome absence of keycard swiping and trays. "And the food is better," Ms. Simpson hastens to mention...
...from her husband Jeff Colt, who is also an actor, though so far a less successful one. Campbell's favorite book is the inspirational philosophical text The Prophet. "There's one passage about relationships," she says, "about two trees growing, and if they grow too close together they'll shade one another and won't be allowed to grow, but if they grow enough of a distance apart, they'll be able to grow and continue their love. I find that to be really beautiful...