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...from Harvard Law School in 1969, she has maintained limited connections to the University, having last served on a visiting committee in 1981. Although she is in many ways a Harvard outsider, King has extensive experience as a trustee at other universities and nonprofits. Indeed, she just finished a stint as the chair of the board of trustees at Wheaton College. Given this background, she will be able to bring in a breath of fresh air without facing the steep learning curve that someone without experience on a university board would have to deal with...
...series of nightmarish episodes at boarding school. Exceptionally gifted at his scholarly pursuits, Lewis nonetheless suffered from social awkwardness in his youth. He prized solitude and became a “thoroughly obnoxious, arrogant, condescending intellectual prig,” as he put it, by his teens.A stint fighting in the trenches of World War I resulted in a fairly unsuccessful book of lyric poetry which nonetheless demonstrated Lewis’ considerable talents. Lewis also began an affair with the divorced mother of a friend who died in the war. The relationship would last until the end of her life...
...Winfrey, in New York for the opening of her Broadway musical The Color Purple, seemed apprehensive through most of the Letterman stint. He'd ask a reverent question, she'd laser him a suspicious look, waiting for the zinger. Oprah needn't have worried. Like Nelson, the bully on The Simpsons who melted when Marge showed him a little affection, Dave has been known to puddle in the presence of the more august butts of his jokes. Recall that Hillary Clinton, the victim of several years of merciless nightly barbs about her and her husband, got the caress of sycophancy...
...Last night was no different. Face to face with the most admired woman in America, Dave was ceaselessly devotional, lobbing questions about Oprah's many good works, all but nominating her for the Nobel Peace Prize and any other she might fancy. At the end of her stint, he took her by the hand - I'm saying the Dark Lord of Cool held Oprah's hand, anyone's hand, for two solid minutes - and escorted her down the block to the Broadway Theatre, for The Color Purple's opening night, as gawkers behind police barriers cheered the lovely couple. Thus...
...computer terminal at the Moree AES. The 54-year-old grandmother, recently widowed, tentatively taps away at the keyboard. Washington is near the end of a 12-week course to update basic skills. She's gained her driver's license, completed a first-aid course and would like a stint of work experience...