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...proudest achievements.” The goals of the national mentorship campaign are to recognize the work of mentors and to recruit new volunteers, said Susan Moses, the co-director of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Harvard Mentoring Project. Other personalities include Maya Angelou, Clint Eastwood, and Sting, all of whom will be making public service announcements to raise awareness about the importance of mentoring. Jones—after whom Harvard’s first-ever endowed African American music professorship is named—has worked with HSPH for many years, Moses said. He has participated...
Because we are so invested in the game, each point against brings with it a sharp sting just as if we too were on the ice. Each penalty hits straight to the heart. But just as the team must shake off the goal, the band puts the other team’s momentary triumph behind us. We recollect our energy and voice, encouraging the team and the fans to ignore that which is past...
...Pelosi needs to recover the high ground she lost with her endorsement of Murtha, who said he thought her reform measures were "total crap." It was bad enough that Murtha's candidacy turned the cable-news networks into a film festival of the grainy tapes from the Abscam sting in 1980, in which the Pennsylvania Congressman told an agent posing as an Arab sheik that he couldn't be bribed "at this point." But on ethics reforms or any other tough issues that lawmakers like to publicly support and privately fight, Pelosi might now lack the backroom clout needed...
...most: they are desperate to pass bills that will show voters they can govern. That might explain why some of them are already trying to reach across the aisle to him. While Mel Watt of the House Congressional Black Caucus released a statement after Lott's election saying, "The sting of Trent Lott's hurtful words are unlikely to expire anytime soon," Barack Obama, the freshman Senator from Illinois, seemed not to carry a grudge as he left the Senate floor the day after Lott's victory. "[Lott] obviously paid a price and comes back a little bit wiser...
...sting remains for Dawson after last weekend’s 22-13 loss at Penn, as all season the senior’s goal has been a second championship addition to his career. The defeat means that Harvard will likely fall short of a league title, barring a huge upset of Princeton by last-place Dartmouth...