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...Three other boys stood out. Neil had irrepressible high spirits and a budding wanderlust. If he couldn't be an astronaut, he said, "I'm going to take people to the country, and sometimes to the seaside." Bruce, an angelic blond boy with a solemn demeanor, came from a well-to-do family but, having been exiled to a boarding school in Surrey, radiated loneliness and idealism. "My heart's desire," he said soulfully, "is to see my daddy." His father was in Rhodesia, which may have had something to do with his stated ambition to go to Africa...
...believe in Ali and Eddie because they have a proven track record of creating positive change. In his first few months as a UC representative, Ali stood up for workers’ rights on the floor of the Council and also began working on improving the quality of instruction at Harvard. Furthermore, Ali initiated the “Greener Harvard” series of policy papers drawing attention to our responsibility to the environment. Exemplifying his personal commitment to responding to the voices of the student body, this year Ali initiated and spearheaded the campaign to mitigate the impact...
...Nehamas stood in line at his post office in Lawrenceville, NJ, waiting to mail his Harvard Early Action application. Nervous, he couldn’t make himself stay in line...
...Russia-E.U. meeting in Helsinki on Friday, Putin described it as a tragedy and offered his condolences to Litvinenko's family, but he questioned whether the deathbed note was genuine and said he hoped the case wouldn't be whipped up into "a political scandal." Russia stood ready to help British authorities with their investigation, he added...
...Iraqi Army was conspicuously absent, for example, in the Hurriya neighborhood, where rampaging Shi'ite militias damaged Sunni mosques and allegedly immolated worshipers. In Hurriya and elsewhere, many Iraqis reported that the Iraqi soldiers either melted away when the militias arrived - or worse, stood by and watched as they attacked Sunnis. The Shi'ite-majority Iraqi police are frequently accused of joining in the killing of Sunnis...