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...crowd is older and more professional than coverage of the blogosphere might lead one to expect. In the session on recruiting progressive candidates for local office, there's an ER doctor, an AIDS activist, a high-school teacher and a representative from the Organic Consumers Association. There are some that conform to type: thirtyish and pale, sloppily dressed and bleary-eyed. Those are the journalists. There are a lot of them. One organizer put the ratio of conference-goers to reporters at eight to one, which seemed high until I visited one workshop that managed to score drive-bys from...
...Approximate age of Charles Chauncy, Harvard’s second president, at the time he took office in 1654. Before Bok, no incoming Harvard president was older than 62 at the time of his installation...
...helping undergraduates as its primary mission: the HGLC founders created the organization in 1984 to protest the University’s refusal to include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy. The lobbying efforts of the HGLC were successful, and in 1985, the University expanded the policy.According to Parry, older gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) alumni tend to have had less-than-ideal Harvard experiences because they remained closeted while at Harvard. In response, Parry says, these alumni choose to join the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus because of their “desire to make the [Harvard experience...
...wide range of clients, including the U.S. State Department and the National Cancer Institute.‘A REMARKABLE RESPECT’Dannielle Kennedy, a close personal friend, describes Stone as “intensely curious,” adding that he harbored an “older style intellectual tradition” that led him to pursue and learn about everything that piqued his interest.“To sit down to talk to him was a magnificent experience. He knew a little bit of everything,” Kennedy says. “He had a remarkable respect...
...carpet fresheners, ionizers and other remedies that are often expensive but medically unnecessary. And doctors may not always take the time, or have the time, to explain to parents what will and won't work in their child's particular case. For example, allergies are usually a problem for older children with asthma, while kids 5 and younger more frequently have trouble with viral respiratory infections. So make sure you understand what's really triggering your child's asthma. And remember, the best solutions are not always the most expensive ones...