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...first place. "So many wealthy families don't know anything about raising kids in a healthy environment," says Thayer Willis, author of Navigating the Dark Side of Wealth: A Life Guide for Inheritors. The daughter of multimillion-dollar parents herself, Willis says she was a "spoiled brat" in her youth. She quit jobs whenever things didn't go her way and spent money without limits - until she realized this was not the path to a satisfying existence. "Outsiders think, 'If I just had financial wealth, life would be so easy and I would be happy,'" says Willis, who now counsels...
...Afghanistan, such successes are undermined by resentment of U.S. military activity and civilian casualties--and the blowback empowers the extremists. Al-Shabaab (Arabic for Youth) now controls much of the south of the country, in the manner of the Taliban: on Oct. 27, 1,000 spectators gathered at a sports stadium in the port of Kismayo to watch al-Shabaab stone to death a 13-year-old girl, Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow. Amnesty International says al-Shabaab arrested her and convicted her of adultery after she complained she had been gang-raped...
...League spotlight. After the dust settled and letters of intent were signed, Harvard lost arguably its top recruit, center Frank Ben-Eze, but managed to haul in a top-flight freshman class nonetheless. While the Crimson will be led by three veteran seniors and a few experienced juniors, youth will be a big theme this year, as the team sports seven freshmen on its roster.The seven first-years come from seven different states, and each player will bring a unique skill set to a team that was picked to finish fourth in the Ivy League in the preseason media poll...
...from the long hiatus and new appreciation for the work. Take “The Bed,” where Reed narrates Jim’s thoughts as he recollects Caroline’s suicide and their old life together. The accompaniment of discordant voices provided by the Brooklyn Youth Choir floods the final minute with so much pathos that it becomes almost unbearable. Their overlapping chants of “So Cold” are more than enough to hammer home discomfort in even a stalwart listener. After all this time, revisiting “Berlin” seems...
...childhood travel journal, a series of images from his past. “I was always attracted by the glamour and sophistication of the East Coast,” Hannah says. Though a Midwest native, Hannah traveled to the East Coast several times in his youth and often made visits to Harvard. His father, James B. Hannah, to whom the exhibit is dedicated, graduated from the College in 1942. At the age of four, Hannah realized what he wanted to do with his life, following this dream to Bard College to study painting. The faculty members there were color-field...