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Rather than targeting race or ethnicity alone, Harvard College admission policies look more closely at what McGrath Lewis calls an applicant’s “surround,” which includes things like one’s family, ethnicity and hometown...
...first priorities, Kerr made sure to surround himself with a quality supporting staff. Gary Crompton, a native of Philadelphia and a standout defender at the University of Maine, stayed on as first assistant and is now in his eighth season at that post...
Independence Day is coming. It's early evening in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, and the slumbering hills that surround the city are covered in warm blankets of shadows. It has been a season of heat--the sugarcane crop is shriveling for lack of rain, the streets are dusty and dry, and tensions are simmering. Last month there were riots as citizens clashed with police. Last night, at a Montego Bay concert, there was gunfire, a stampede, injuries...
...images of the jetliners and the World Trade Center’s collapse still surround us on television screens, and the grief felt by millions of Americans will not pass quickly—nor should it. Yet that grief is widely accompanied by anger at those who destroyed human lives so callously. As the need and demand for justice grows, America must temper its emotions with its values—it must proceed with justice to match its strength. It is vital that our law enforcement and intelligence agencies locate those responsible for the attack, but it is even more...
...HANG LOOSE: PW is overwhelmed by "Fred & Edie" by Jill Dawson (Welcome Rain; September), giving it a starred review. "Dawson?s third novel strikingly and elegantly blends fact and fiction in a reimagining of the events surrounding the spectacular 1922 London trial of Edith Thompson and her lover, Frederick Bywaters, who were convicted and hanged for murdering Edith?s husband, Percy...Gripping, surprising and beautiful. FORECAST: This title was a finalist for the Whitbread Prize; a film (?Another Life?) based on the same incidents premiered in the U.K. and is scheduled for U.S. release this year. Though set 80 years...