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...years down the road would find funny and interesting. I think the lag time works because what I'm trying to get across is that we get so drunk with excitement about the little trends and stories that flit through our lives, but if you look at them in retrospect even a month down the line - let alone two years - you see that they weren't that much to get excited about in the first place...
...Commencement, those who hailed from overseas and abroad confronted one of the most challenging job markets in recent history, made even more difficult by the passage of counterproductive and protectionist legislation that limited the job prospects of those who hoped to go into the financial services industry after graduation.In retrospect, this past year has been a period of painful transition and much-needed change. With all of the numerous challenges that the Obama administration and the United States as a whole will face in the coming months, we hope that our nation, our institution, and the members of our graduating...
...Rosenthal was tempted to follow in his father’s footsteps. But in Rosenthal’s junior year, his close friend William L. Dowling, Jr. ’59 died of leukemia. Dowling and Rosenthal lived one entryway apart in Dunster House. “In retrospect, it was one of the most significant events that probably focused me on what I wanted to do in life,” Rosenthal said of Dowling’s death. The experience inspired Rosenthal to pursue medicine. He even chose to specialize in hematology, the study of blood diseases like...
...your No. 1 pitcher—not only the No. 1 pitcher on our team but perhaps the No. 1 in the Northeast—and not feel it,” Harvard coach Joe Walsh said. “Losing a big gun like Perlman—in retrospect, we just never were able to recover from that.”But while the Crimson may not have rebounded from the early end to Perlman’s season, it did get an opportunity to preview its future.While rookie hurlers like Brent Suter, Conner Hulse, Jonah Klees, and Will...
Harvard's taken the more conservative route in planning to gut out current Houses from the inside rather than build entirely new ones--which is convenient in retrospect, they wouldn't have been able to pay for shuttle service to and from those new Houses anyway. But when this "House renewal" project will emerge is unclear. First the plan was to launch the renewal as early as 2011. Then the promise changed to "as early as 2012." In an interview on Monday, Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith emphasized the uncertainty embedded in that promise...