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...when John K. Wand ’74 showed up at Harvard four decades ago, he was faced with an added challenge: fatherhood...
After learning that his high school sweetheart was pregnant, Wand married her during the summer after his senior year in high school, and the two moved together from Boise, Idaho, to Cambridge, where their son was born. But his new wife soon left Wand to raise his son and handle Harvard...
Though some details of the story have been changed—the movie is set in the present day, and the events have been condensed to fit within freshman year—Wand told the Boston Herald that the movie is a mostly accurate reflection of his life...
...tough for Obama to meet. When he was elected President, much of the world, including Asia, considered Obama their leader too. From climate change to a détente with Islamic nations, Asians hoped Obama would somehow solve a multitude of global problems. But there was no magic wand, nor has Obama's connection to Asia translated into significantly closer ties. "Even though he grew up in Indonesia, Obama's strength is as a local community activist, not as a foreign policy expert," says Bara Hasibuan, foreign policy chief for the National Mandate Party, a member of Indonesia's governing...
...conundrum is that the most useful things government can do to encourage job growth aren't flashy initiatives with quickly visible results. "There's no magic wand we can wave over companies that will induce them to go out and hire people," says Matthew Slaughter, an economist at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. "We need to think long-term...