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...help the parents of dyslexics spare their children the shame that often accompanies the disorder. I was always told that I wasn't trying hard enough, that I wasn't college material. At 37 I learned that I was dyslexic, and for the first time in my life I understood why school had always been so difficult for me. After many years of hard work, I earned my college degree at the age of 45. Diane Thurman-George Rocklin...
...Rape happens at Harvard. She saw me staring, and gave me a guarded but friendly smile. I asked her about the button, and she told me that she put it there to remind people that even at Harvard, sexual violence is a problem. I told her I understood exactly what she meant, and that there remains much work to be done to change that fact. In my day to day efforts here, I have never forgotten the urgency in her voice, or her eyes...
...husband and father, I do not like to be away. But I have a job to do. Most of us do not complain about it. The bottom line is that soldiers are going to die. We know that, our enemies know it, and it's time the American public understood it. Why should the U.S. just pull out of places that are not totally secure and exactly as we want them to be? We will continue fighting until victory is accomplished. BARTY SORRELLS Fort Bragg...
...John saw the IOP as a vehicle to bring my father’s legacy forward,” Caroline Kennedy said. “He understood that politics was an all-day-everyday affair that merged policy and entertainment...
...short, the best student she knew. But she was too proud to share the honor, despite the Harvard acceptance letter that made it meaningless. Success is a zero-sum game, as she understood it, and her GPA was .055 higher...