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...Shirley Tilghman, the president of Princeton, told me of two freshmen. Each had won the Westinghouse [now Intel] Science prize. The woman said, Gosh, I was so surprised. The young man said, I knew my project was great - I always knew I'd win. One thinks he deserves to win; the other is surprised. That was by the time they were freshmen in college. So, yes, it does start young. We all need to be aware of it and work to enhance girls...
...released in January, a 180-page book released Monday, “Princeton Campus Plan: The Next Ten Years and Beyond,” details the complete proposal. “Princeton University’s campus is one of its most precious assets,” Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman said in the statement. “This plan will revitalize the best-loved parts of the campus while improving and more fully integrating other areas, and it will allow us to create important new spaces while enhancing the beauty and sustainability of the campus environment...
What connection do you have with the character you portray in A Raisin in the Sun? -Shirley Jones Luke, BostonA very strong connection. A lot of people think that because I have been successful, I have forgotten that I grew up in Harlem. My father was killed when I was 3 years old, so I also grew up in a house with three women-same as Walter Lee. The anxiety that you feel when you may not become someone that you want to be, I was able to relate to that...
...disparity between votes polled and seats won, a feature of Britain's single-member-district electoral system, drew immediate cries of protest from Alliance officials. "I feel a sense of outrage," said Liberal Leader David Steel, 45. Complained Shirley Williams: "Under a different system, it would have been a spectacular performance...
Manhattan Sex Therapist Shirley Zussman says that her patients these days complain about the emptiness of sex without commitment. "Being part of a meat market is appalling in terms of self-esteem," she says. "Fears, of both loneliness and intimacy, are a backlash against the 'cool sex' promoted during the sexual revolution." Psychiatrist Domeena Renshaw, director of the Sexual Dysfunction Clinic at Chicago's Loyola University, has a waiting list of 200 couples seeking help. "Many have tried group sex and the swinging scene, but for them it has been destructive and corrosive. Often the partner who suggested it first...