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Corwin, an economics major, completed his coursework in spite of debilitating therapy, in time to graduate with his class last spring...
Corwin's enthusiasm and desire to live a normallife in spite of his illness touched his friends."I'd say that he was easily the most courageousperson I ever knew. He instilled a great deal ofhumility in me," Drummy said. "Tom made me feellike I should be a stronger person, because he wasso strong...
...life, as are the lives of many children afflicted with cancer, was a profile in courage. Stricken with the disease at age 10, Tom missed most of his sixth-grade year because of intensive chemotherapy but insisted on being promoted with his class. In spite of significant physical limitations, Tom strove to be normal and did more than succeed. He graduated third in his class with high honors from Noble and Greenough High School, where he was editor-in-chief of the campus literary magazine, captained the golf team and won the school's highest award for creative writing...
...father is wholeheartedly for Yale," said Sonia C. Lee '91, whose father, Hong Yung Lee, is an assistant professor at a major Connecticut Ivy League institution. Lee said she'll be rooting for her own team--"otherwise it's not a family feud"--in spite of the fact that a Yale paycheck is financing her tuition. "People are not going to be disowned because of this issue," she said hopefully...
Botha was not a candidate, but he was a clear winner in the white election. In their Transvaal stronghold, the Conservative challengers captured most of the rural and small-town councils. But in spite of their confident predictions, they were unable to gain significantly in the other provinces. The National Party turned back the opposition's all-out attempt to take over the Pretoria city council, won an absolute majority in Johannesburg for the first time and seized control of Pietermaritzburg, the English-speaking capital of Natal, from a coalition of liberals...