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...students around the world.“She is relentless in her pursuit of making Harvard a possibility to those farther away and with no familiarity with the ‘American Dream,’” says Bjelland.Harvard has adopted Worth’s pioneering spirit and become one of the first colleges to recruit in Africa, a crucial and largely untapped area, according to Worth.“Robin is fulfilling a long-held dream of opening up opportunities for scholarship and development of future world leaders from throughout the world that Harvard can offer...
...most well compensated blogger on the planet," says Mike Krempasky, co-founder of the virulently conservative RedState.com "I don?t say that in a pejorative way. I think that?s great!" Moulitsas?s enterprise was in fact the inspiration for Red State, right down to identical software and a spirit of embattled community. A much smaller, less profitable community, Krempasky admits. This does not dampen his admiration for Moulitsas? success. "Maybe it?s a lesson that the left is learning," says Krempasky. "One of the best measures of success in any venture is profit and loss. If you can create...
...Making Harvard Modern.” “Harvard became a showcase of the works of leading contemporary architects...The results were (and are) frequently criticized as ugly, dehumanized, at war with instead of building on Harvard’s architectural past. But the contemporaneity, style, and spirit of the new buildings also won them wide acceptance.” Despite the overcrowding, some alums expressed nostalgia for Harvard’s older, neo-Georgian style, with its ivy-covered bricks. “I would have rather been a freshman and upperclassman in the Houses with nice pseudo...
...America could be patient abroad if it democratically solved problems at home, something the Soviet Union could not do. After the Soviets launched Sputnik, John F. Kennedy said America's cold war struggle depended on American kids learning science. "Every ... measure ... to improve self-confidence, discipline, moral and community spirit," wrote George Kennan, Truman's head of policy planning, "is a diplomatic victory over Moscow...
...African rebirth), the young leader and most of the rebel groups and foreign forces in the country signed a peace deal. A national army was formed, aimed at integrating soldiers who had previously been trying to kill one another. And the Congolese people, who maintain a sense of spirit and beauty despite the horrors around them, dared to hope for a better country...