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...contrast was when we arrived back here in New Zealand. There was a big crowd - Mayor of Auckland and all the rest of it. I was put in this great big limousine to be driven off, and the window was down and a big hefty farmer-looking type thrust his hand in, grabbed me by the hand and shook me by the hand and said "Good on you, Ed," he said, "You did very well for yourself." Completely different. In England they thanked me for all we had done for Britain, but over here, in rather New Zealand fashion, they...
...favorite came in a confrontation with the television talk-show host Chris Matthews during a press conference?a press conference!?in Nashua. Matthews was pushing her on Iraq. How was she different from Barack Obama? Back and forth it went, Clinton parrying every thrust easily. Finally, Matthews capitulated. "Please, come on the show," he said. Clinton chuckled and said sarcastically, "Well, right!" Then she joked, "I don't know what to do with men who are obsessed with me." And then she went over, gave him a hug, patted his cheek and said, "Christopher ... baby ..." Matthews seemed to melt...
...favorite came in a confrontation with the television talk-show host Chris Matthews during a press conference - a press conference! - in Nashua. Matthews was pushing her on Iraq. How was she different from Barack Obama? Back and forth it went, Clinton parrying every thrust easily. Finally, Matthews capitulated. "Please, come on the show," he said. Clinton chuckled and said sarcastically, "Well, right!" Then she joked, "I don't know what to do with men who are obsessed with me." And then she went over, gave him a hug, patted his cheek and said, "Christopher ... baby ..." Matthews seemed to melt...
...marking another turn in a case that now appears headed for a third trial. As the legal saga nears its fifth year, few professors and classmates of Alexander Pring-Wilson remain on campus—but those who knew him at the time recall an affable and intelligent student thrust into a tragic situation...
...earlier. For valuable as the “Harvard name” is, it does not magically unlock every door. Success requires effort, diligence, and the ability to take rejection in stride. Harvard’s comps give students the opportunity to learn this before they are thrust into the real world, where things will no longer be handed to them on silver platters, unless they work in the catering industry. And this is an important lesson, although an ability to write a moving essay about your maternal aunt’s devastating lifelong battle with leprosy never hurts.Alexandra...