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...room lights). On one of his first days, Drexler got on the horn and asked for whoever was in charge of fit to come to his office, a corner blocked off by cubicle partitions. Twenty-five people showed up--with 25 ideas about how garments should hang. "Now I understand the problem," he said. As he recently explained, "In any business, there has to be a vision...
...materialistic and self-involved, but they are really looking for meaning, adventure and personal power. All the research shows that students who get engaged at a young age are more likely to volunteer, to vote and to join a community group or civic organization later in life. We all understand the benefits of being on a sports team. Kids need a structured experience, and they want to be with their peers. Young Heroes is like being on a community-service team...
...understand the sources of the backlash against Ahmadinejad, it's important to remember where he came from: nowhere. Until 2003, Ahmadinejad had had little experience in public life. He served as governor of Ardabil province before being replaced by reformist President Mohammed Khatami, who took office in 1997. Ahmadinejad was appointed mayor of Tehran in 2003 after a municipal-council election in which just 6% of voters participated. His victory in the 2005 presidential election was an even bigger fluke. He ran a low-key campaign, focused on corruption and directing Iran's oil wealth to the poor. After sneaking...
Hofstadter might have grown up to be a straight-up physicist like his dad if it hadn't been for his younger sister Molly. When Hofstadter was 12, it became clear that she had grave neurological problems--she never learned to speak or understand language. "I was very interested already in how things in my mind worked," Hofstadter says. (He speaks very gently and deliberately, as if Mr. Rogers had been a super-intelligent rocket scientist instead of a Presbyterian minister.) "When Molly's unfortunate plight became apparent, it all started getting connected to the physical world. It really made...
...much ado about nothing.” “I thought it was silly and in fact it had no impact,” said Bacow, who was seriously considered for Harvard’s presidency after Summers vacated the post. “You have to understand that we’re right in the middle of midterms and spring break starts this week, so I thought we had a terrific turnout.” “When he first started talking, I thought he was a little arrogant,” said Tufts student Courtney Morrissey...