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...learning curve for someone not acquainted with the ins and outs, quirks, and traditions of the University, even if they have experience at the helm of other institutions of higher education. Harvard’s decentralized structure—famously captured by the phrase “every tub on its own bottom”—is unlike most other universities in the country. Though the president, along with the rest of the Harvard Corporation, sets budgets and priorities, hires deans, and approves all tenure offers, the schools are in many ways independent, self-governing units. This isn?...
...Regardless of who you are - whether you're a 9/11 family member, an Iraqi war veteran, whether you lost a child in a hot tub drain, whether your child was abducted - if you're an American citizen, you have every right to open your mouth and partake in democracy. I have every right to voice my opinion...
...tailored to the individual - that's probably what Andy's masseuse means when she tells him she's about to administer "a personality treatment." Or perhaps she's acting on secret instructions from the management who may have expected us to show contrition for footprints left in the tub, vanishing wine bottles, and wear and tear to staff nerves. But neither of us feels guilty. It was our duty to test L'Andana - and the hotel passed with flying colors...
...while he worked, Andrea and her mother-in-law took the kids for a walk. After they returned, Noah saw Andrea filling up the tub. He told his grandmother, who turned off the water. Asked why, all Andrea said was, "I might need it." Debbie Holmes stopped by the house to drop off food, but Andrea would not let her in. Holmes doubted whether Rusty realized the severity of Andrea's depression; she believed he was not "big" on pills. Holmes also believed her friend had been possessed by the devil, something the two discussed after her 1999 illness...
...tiny fists clenched. He asked, "What's wrong with Mary?" and then, according to the account Andrea would give police, he tried to run away. His mother chased him down, dragged the wailing boy to the bathroom and forced him facedown into nine inches of cold water in the tub, his sister's body floating lifeless next to him. Noah came up twice as he fought for air. But Andrea held her grip. She then laid Mary in bed with her brothers, wrapping their arms around the baby. She left Noah in the tub...