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...night Gore decided, in a session that went until midnight with Coelho, Eskew, chief of staff Charles Burson and Tipper, he quoted the Old Testament story of Gideon, from Chapter 7 of Judges. In it, General Gideon gathers his troops to be on the march. He leads them to a lake and tells them to drink. Some of the troops put their face in the water and gulp; others cup their hands and drink. The general, acting on God's command, tells those who gulped to return home, those who cupped their hands to follow him. Why? Because those...
Simmons's story is a testament to her resilience, determination and sheer courage. The youngest of 12 children born to Texas sharecroppers, her dream was to attend college on a scholarship. She has accomplished that and so much more. After attending Dillard University in New Orleans, she came to Harvard for her master's and doctorate degrees in Romance languages and literatures. She served as vice provost of Princeton before assuming the presidency of Smith in 1995. When she takes office as Brown's president in July 2001, she will break down a color barrier that has stood...
...have to add the footnote of genocide to Allison's optimistic proposition," said Samantha Power, executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. "With Sierra Leone and Kosovo, we have a testament to the limits of progress and the bounds of state behavior...
...children in our classroom and end up talking about our families," she says. And as a bonus, walking the long hallway to her classroom has got her in better shape physically. She's lost a few pounds and no longer uses the cane she once needed--yet another testament to the health benefits of social interaction. --With reporting by Adrianne Navon/New York and Maggie Sieger/Chicago
...Cambridge, and the ever sartorially-challenged John Harvard is back in the Square arrayed in the latest imperial duds. The "dud" to which I refer, of course, being the building proposed for Mt. Auburn Street between the Fox Club and J. Press (News, "Harvard Architecture Stands As a Testament To the Times...