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...love; B is for the Birthday of this nation of ours"). Scribbled in the margins of newspapers during the 2000 campaign, it's as uncontroversial as you can get, although, no doubt, a few colleagues from her old life would find "N is for Native Americans" a squishy nod to multiculturalism...
Sophomore Thomas Wolf and senior Taylor Buckley placed second and third in the high jump. Each had a jump of 1.90 meters, but Wolf was given the nod because he cleared the height in fewer jumps...
Chopra received the nod from BGLTSA even though Smith had served as the organization’s co-chair...
...experience was a new one, as Thanksgiving has rarely been a holiday my immigrant Indian family celebrates. It usually comes and goes with little fanfare; a side of Stove Top stuffing in addition to our usual dinner of rice and curry is our nod to the festivities. Little changed for me after I came to Harvard. When other students were home savoring traditional Thanksgiving dinner spreads my first year, I spent the holiday with my sister and brother-in-law disappointed by the Indian takeout food we ate instead of turkey and fixings. After that, I stayed at school...
...rope to the head of our line--it was line jumping, government sanctioned--and two hefty gentlemen with helmet hair and dangly cell phones butted in front of me as if by divine right and dumped their bags and laptops on the conveyor and forged ahead without a nod or a smile. It felt more than unpleasant; it felt un-American. But this is a Midwesterner talking. We were brought up to be thankful and wait our turn and not think we were too important to stand in line for the turkey and stuffing...