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...paper in Ludlow, Vermont, eventually becoming an editor of the paper.Lamont, who acknowledged that his has not been a traditional route to politics, said that his passion for journalism eventually brought him to the cable television news business, where he made much of the fortune that has been a springboard to his political career.—Material from the Associated Press was used in the reporting of this story.—Staff writer Katherine M. Gray can be reached at kmgray@fas.harvard.edu...
...problem head on: to achieve a cease fire between the parties, with sequential but not simultaneous exchange of prisoners, with an international undertaking to place troops from major powers in a security zone in southern Lebanon and perhaps even in Gaza and then to use that as the springboard for eventual negotiations. But to achieve the more immediate task, the Secretary of State has to be prepared to stay in the region as long as necessary, as was the case with Kissinger in the early '70s, and she also has to be prepared to talk to the parties concerned...
...Hall, Harvard was the springboard to Oxford where, he says, the party continued. After a stint at Stanford, he returned to Harvard, where he became a fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows, which brings together brilliant young scholars from many different disciplines to learn from each other...
Four of Harvard’s most successful wrestlers last season competed in the University Nationals hosted by Northwestern University last weekend, driven by the zeal to improve their skills on the mat even in the off-season. Looking to use this opportunity as a springboard going into next season, junior tri-captains Bode Ogunwole and Max Meltzer, junior Robbie Preston, and sophomore Bobby Latessa all competed in the tournament, which served as the qualifying event for the World University Championships, where wrestlers face some of the world’s best competition. Finalists in the tournament also qualified...
...severe disadvantage for any pupil, but it's worse for the children of the projects. "Many children live in broken homes or ones where neither parent has ever worked, where ambition is minimal, and intellectual activity revolves around daytime television," says Marie-Claude Vitali, founder of the Tremplin (Springboard) social association, which assists residents of the projects in Blois. "Kids aren't just failing in school; they're culturally feral." The vicious circle is completed by the widespread view that good and studious behavior brings no better rewards than truancy. Says Djillali Achab, a 31-year-old resident...