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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Donald G. Jones, 78, a Methodist pastor who mentored her in high school, taught her the "importance of social justice," crediting him in her memoir Living History as a major influence in her life...
Many of the people on our list made the cut on the basis of social innovation, activism or an ability to change people's lives for the better. But not everyone. Bernie Madoff is on this year's list. So is one of the world's most notorious drug dealers. In the end, we tried to cover as much ground as possible--and to match our subjects with pitch-perfect writers: Oprah Winfrey on Michelle Obama, Ted Turner on T. Boone Pickens (and vice versa), Roger Federer on Tiger Woods, Angelina Jolie on Cambodian activist Somaly Mam. All bring passion...
...April 27]: Granting degrees to students who qualify through online study is merely acknowledging the actualities of university study today--notes and exams are taken on computers. Grading and advice to students could easily be done via the Internet, and the cost per student would be reduced dramatically. The social-policy aim is the creation of educated individuals. The technology isn't important. John Leone, SAN DIEGO...
...cotton from the fields and performances on steamboats were staples of everyday existence. ‘Show Boat’—the Boston Conservatory Theatre’s newest musical production—recreates and interrogates what is now a distant world by soldering spectacle with keen social commentary. This successful adaptation of the beloved classic musical brims with exceptional talent on which it relies to carry the production. ‘Show Boat’—which opened on April 24—chronicles one family’s journey on, appropriately, a traveling showboat...
...recalls asking himself as an incoming freshman at St. George’s, a preparatory school in Newport, R.I. He reflects now that “there’s a special bond that you can only find between teammates. You can’t find it in other social groups...