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...undergraduate. One eager junior, preparing to write a paper on relations between the U.S. and China, asked for an appointment with Ross Terrill, then director of Harvard's East Asian Studies programs. After a long delay (standard heel cooling for an interview, claims one source, is two weeks), the youngster got in to ask advice. "Rather a waste of our time," said Terrill brusquely. "Why don't you read my congressional testimony?" The student did and wrote so well that his paper was sent to the State Department for study...
...would not lie." Greenfield is Jewish, and Little Sun grew up in Spokane, where he attends a Conservative synagogue. The wild western tale apparently interested officials of El Al Airlines enough to fly Little Sun over for free, and Israeli President Chaim Herzog met with the youngster. Will he become a chief when he grows up? Well, said his mother, "he wants to be a rabbi." Funny, he looks Siouxish...
These plans carry a double whammy. The child, when grown, has to attend that school, although Duquesne, Detroit and Canisius allow transfers, with tuithon credit, after one or two years. And if the youngster balks or fails to qualify for admission, parents are refunded only their initial payment, without interest...
...alone. Take a youngster. And remember, since PBH kids and their "big siblings" see it free, those laughing hardest won't be laughing at Charlie Brown hijinxs, but at the adults who put out the cash...
Valerie Harper, once TV's best-known neurotic single, is back in sitcomland as a housewife and mother of three boys in Valerie. Unfortunately, she spends more time milking gag lines than paying attention to the details of motherhood. When a youngster spills maple syrup all over the breakfast table, Mom yells convincingly but makes no move toward the table. Is there a mother on earth who would not be there with a sponge in two seconds flat? Of course, the gooey mess must stay in place so 16-year-old David (Jason Bateman...