Word: yorke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Being the undergraduate student body president of Harvard vaulted Stewart into the national spotlight numerous times. She was quoted in The New York Times more than once and also wrote a short piece for Rolling Stone about the impeachment of President Clinton. In addition, after contacting the people at "Politically Incorrect," she appeared (after her term as president was over) on Bill Maher's show. Stewart plans to attend law school and then serve in a public service or an administrative capacity...
...like, I was quickly discovering what it was not. I rode in a bus for four hours in front of a man singing the same four bars of a song over and over again. I wondered whether this adventure was a good idea. The bus delivered me to New York's Port Authority with just enough time to change into more respectable clothing in the definitely proletarian bathroom. I hailed a cab and rode across town to a French restaurant, eager to meet Shih-yu Wang, the young consultant I would be shadowing for the next 24 hours...
...anxiety relief beyond breathing into a lunch bag or picturing your interviewers in their skivvies, look no further. This week FM chronicles a voyage to New York City, where three FM bloodhounds did the deed with some young, hotshot I-bankers and consultants. Their question: What exactly do these guys...
...Many editors-elect called for an overhaul. The New Yorker (slummed down)? Something like Newsweek? Or The New York Times Magazine? Had we ever read Fluff at Night...
...better system would have two levels of diplomas, a good old-fashioned high school diploma and an honors diploma, much like the Regents system in New York. Students who excelled in school and reached the "proficient" or "advanced" level on the exam would be recognized for their achievements, while students who completed all high school requirements and passed their courses but not the test would receive an ordinary diploma. This policy would take advantage of the best aspect of the test, its ability to identify the most effective parts of the educational system, while avoiding the travesty of denying diplomas...