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...cladding to a high-rise at London's Canary Wharf. He took it. Wasilewski then moved his family to Britain and, in 2004, invested in two small stoneware companies. He has not looked back. Turnover has doubled in the past three years. Instead of struggling to make his business thrive, Wasilewski now employs about 50 workers, most of them, like him, from Poland. Wasilewski hopes to return to his homeland some day. In fact, he'd like to move some of his own companies' production processes back there later this year. Meanwhile, his two young children, ages...
...first half—Goffredo shouldered the offensive load, scoring 17 of Harvard’s 37 first-half points on 5-of-9 shooting with three three-pointers. In the second half, despite increased pressure from the Big Red defense, Goffredo continued to thrive, posting 15 points. Several of his second-half three-pointers were from well behind the arc, silencing a rowdy student section that watched its team blow a 14-point lead. “When you’re shot’s going good, you take shots you might not usually take...
...Christianity relies on Hollywood--or, at least, parts of Christianity thrive and define themselves in opposition to pop culture. There is a vast Christian entertainment industry, complete with wrestlers, comedians, novels, rock music and movies. The trumped-up campaign to "defend" Christmas has become a cottage industry for cultural commentators and Fox News personalities. And a narrative of cultural persecution among Christian political-activist groups--despite belonging to the U.S.'s majority religion and having a born-again President--keeps money and volunteers flowing to those groups...
...name of sleeping well. So when we look around and begin to consider the Harvard sleep culture, “normal” is anything but; consecutive days of barely sleeping are not viewed as dangerous, but as a laudable mark of strength. We envy peers that can somehow thrive on three hours of sleep and an unlimited number of espressos a day, wondering why we cannot do the same without crippling sleepiness...
...pushing for you when you’ve got something of the right quality really helps,” Iweala says.THE NEVERENDING STORYMuch of what makes the creative writing program a vital fixture at the University is that it offers students like Boudreau, Wolosenko, and Iweala an opportunity to thrive and develop as writers that can’t be replicated elsewhere in the curriculum. From its intensive workshops to its coveted creative theses, the program is the most formative element of their four years at Harvard for students like Hellman who “live and breathe writing...