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...contribute to the squad’s ultimate success. It’s this selflessness and character that attracted Harvard to the Hawaii native in the first place.This leadership, the game of football, and academics were instilled in Fernandez by his father, who made a huge impact on his son??s athletic career. Though Fernandez excelled in wrestling and track in high school, football and academic aspirations were his top priorities.“My dad always wanted what was best for me,” Fernandez says. “He always thought [going to Harvard...
...Rashomon” and “Ikiru.”The film revolves around a misunderstanding. A rich businessman is caught in the middle of a company coup and believes that kidnappers have captured his son. He’s ready to bankrupt himself to ensure his son??s safety. Then, learns that his son is actually safe and that it’s his chauffeur’s child who is at risk. Does he pay the ransom?The film is gritty—as New York Times critic A. O. Scott...
...friends originally intended to contribute to the high costs of transporting Wang’s mother, who is retired, and father, who works as an engineer, from Guangzhou, China for their son??s funeral and memorial service. Since Harvard College has paid for the family’s travel expenses, the group of friends now plans to present the money they are raising as a symbol of support for Wang’s family...
...book collector whose private collection helped found the library named in his memory. George’s wife Eleanor Elkins Widener—who survived the Titanic disaster—apportioned $1.5 million to completing Miramar between 1914-1915 in addition to financing the library that bears her son??s name. Eleanor, an art connoisseur and collector, furnished Miramar primarily with 18th-century French art and architecture. She used the house as her summer home and frequently held large social events at the estate, often welcoming distinguished military, naval, and official visitors. In 1915—the same...
...offers no real reason for wanting to serve; he certainly shows no Kennedyesque call to office, originally thinking of running to generate press for his son??s candidacy for attorney general. He also displays an affinity for cynical gimmickry, asking the governor to appoint him to a commission in order to bolster his government bona fides...