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Rein realized that the best and brightest in China were failing to get into Harvard when he helped some Chinese friends prepare their applications. In China, where university admissions depend solely on test scores, Rein found that students with perfect or near-perfect scores do not realize these represent only one component of an American school’s application. He told his friends that they needed to show leadership, motivation and a desire to “change the world...
...most interesting aspects of this year's Southern elections, and the most encouraging for the Democrats, is the emergence of fresh faces. Perhaps the brightest new light is Arkansas' William Clinton, a Yale Law School graduate and Rhodes scholar, who at 32 will be the nation's youngest Governor in 40 years. He worked on the McGovern and Carter campaigns and used his tenure as attorney general to fight for consumers. He is an anomaly for both Arkansas and 1978. He said he might ask for a state tax increase if food and drugs were exempted from the sales...
...first that sounds nonsensical. Harvard is a world center of scholarship and its students should surely be the best and the brightest. Which is indeed true, if one acknowledges that “the best” students and “the brightest” ones are not the same, and are often far from similar. With their ability to good-humoredly juggle their multitude of commitments, a great number of athletes fall into the former category; with their grim resolve to crack their books as their overwhelming top priority, many Harvard students fit the latter classification...
...administration has pointed to Allston as the center of Harvard’s glittering future. Yet it is to Allston’s past and present as the home of Harvard athletics that we should look for inspiration. Harvard will always have “the brightest;” it is time to focus on “the best.” And whatever the result in Philadelphia tomorrow, our athletes have already shown themselves to fall into the latter category...
Appetizers, in general, are often the spot on a menu where restaurants shine the brightest, and Oleana’s satisfying and delightful appetizers hit that spot quite wonderfully. The pumpkin börek ($8)—a savory version of pumpkin pie wrapped in a delicate layer of pastry—is very mildly pumpkin-y, spiced to heavenly autumnal perfection and topped with apple, arugula and tahini. For those who like to play with their food, the dolma—a crispy fried-dough wafer served with hot goat cheese, beet tzatziki and bean plaki?...