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Warner recounted his life story before a largely friendly audience, talking about his youth at public schools in the Midwest and Connecticut, his matriculation to George Washington University (he is the first member of his family to attend college), his less-than-stellar record at Harvard Law School (when he failed to receive a job offer at the firms he worked for as a summer associate), and his early difficulties as an entrepreneur. (He ultimately co-founded a small phone company that became Nextel, and his personal net worth is estimated at nearly $200 million...
...hill, Harvard was buttressed by a pair of stellar outings from its tallest hurlers...
...transgendered peers. Once convinced the present code does not include transgendered students, most students believe it’s only a matter of time before the administration budges.The TTF and BGLTSA have offered the Trans 101 workshops in many Houses to boost awareness, but the turnout has not been stellar. Feldstein says that attendance has been “moderate,” but at recent sessions there were hardly half a dozen audience members.Feldstein doesn’t seem disappointed, though. “I would say the people who do come have been really receptive, and I think...
...What a stellar launch: the second Environmental Film Festival of Accra will begin with an event for schoolkids, in which they'll view the March 29 total solar eclipse in Ghana's capital. And over the course of the eight-day festival, which officially starts March 30, nearly 40 films from more than 20 countries will be shown in venues ranging from Ghana's National Film and Television Institute to an outdoor park. The schedule includes features, documentaries, animation and shorts, and presentations by filmmakers, conservationists and environmentalists. Founded last year, it's Africa's first such event...
...hottest stocks in the tech-heavy Taiwan Stock Exchange. Motech and E-Ton Solar make photovoltaic (PV) semiconductors, better known as solar cells. Sino-American is in the business of supplying them with silicon wafers, which are the basic PV building blocks. And shares of all three have delivered stellar gains thanks to the world's growing appetite for solar power as a hedge against the high price of crude...