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...less real-world perspective than Michael Jackson Jr. (or, as he is affectionately known around the Jackson house, "Not the Monkey"). Of course, your cocky perspective from high school wasn't right either. Only Harvard students keep the same career goal, "quarterback/poet/sorcerer/King of Illinois" from first through twelfth grade. But it changed for the worse during your first year in Cambridge...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Join the Harvard Corps | 2/29/2000 | See Source »

...absence to join the Army Reserve. He is undergoing basic training ? boot camp ? and then will spend time in an Army journalism school. Given the difficulty the armed forces are experiencing in recruiting young people these days, we think his experiences and impressions are worth sharing. Here is the twelfth missive; others will be posted as they arrive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning a Soldier's Core Competency: How to Kill | 1/2/2000 | See Source »

Boston College has the edge in firepower in this match-up. It boasts some of the best scorers in the nation. Senior forward Jeff Farkas (10 goals, 11 assists) ranks twelfth in the country. He is flanked by senior forward Blake Bellefeuille (5, 9) junior forward Brian Gionta (5, 8) and captain Mike Mottau...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey, Surging No. 14 B.C. To Tangle Tonight | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...transform their economy and 5,000-year-old superstitions to support their lives. "It turns out that the majority of businesspeople in China believe in the god of fortune," sighs Fu, the Marxist leader. "And one-sixth of the people believe in the existence of gods or demons. One-twelfth believe they have seen ghosts or demons." He sighs again. "Is it any wonder that 80% of Chinese visit fortune-tellers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside China's Search For Its Soul | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...Thirty. Hummm." I was the speechless one now. "So that would make him a fifth... sixth... twelfth year senior...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: POSTCARD FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

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