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...about how she does her job but says it has made her even more driven. "Now I refuse to let kids fail," she says. "I'm going to bulldoze whatever the problem is and solve it." The bonus money is simply a just reward. "I'm not a money grubber. Most teachers aren't. But people in other professions get raises," she says. "Why shouldn...
...Often such interactions would uncover a networker red-handed, as I watched their interest wane with satisfaction as I divulged my concentration (“Physics?! What do you do with that?”). I’d be damned if any palm-greasing, name-dropping, yarn-grubber would squeeze even the time of day out of me, and as a result I seldom initiated any conversations with fellow students...
...wanted to run for president but just didn't want to turn into a money grubber...
After all, during the year, Harvard students are tolerant--very tolerant. Some professors still try to learn their students' names. And for every grade grubber, there's a real student in every class, if you just look hard enough...
...There are two Alexander Haigs operating from the Secretary of State's big office, with that magnificent view of the Potomac River Valley. One is the explosive soldier of opportunity, a two-dimensional television power-grubber who talks funny and scares children with wild words about nuclear explosions and White House guerrillas. The other is a veteran warrior for foreign policy moderation, fighting on several fronts for a reasoned and effective global diplomacy...