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...Shirley Smart and Edgar Eager–peruse the menu of possibilities, the waiter sets the scene with the ubiquitous question, “what would you like to order?” With spectacles resting on the bridge of his nose and amazed by modern-day use of electricity, Franklin chimes in with his baritone voice while busily marveling at an iPhone. His choice from the menu: innovation. Dazzled by the past two centuries of achievements, he is likely discussing bio-fuels while Shirley and Edgar teach him to twitter. The wise Ben Franklin would speak illuminating words...
...realization that we are not the culmination of history but rather a midpoint in the institution’s grand goal of apparently purchasing all the land in Massachusetts is what makes the idea of Harvard as Harvard unsettling. It begs us to question what our use or purpose is because, in the face of 5,000 years, earning power or money here and now seems rather pointless...
...questions, but he looks at it from a very different point of view.”HOME AT HARVARDThough Greene originally chose Princeton over Harvard, in the summer before his freshman year he started to doubt that Princeton’s pastoral setting was ideal for a teenager used to the bustle of New York City. Weeks before school began, Greene called a Harvard dean and asked for his spot back.Harvard gave him just one week to accept, and this time, Greene was certain he made the right choice.Eero P. Simoncelli ’84, Greene’s roommate...
...Louis Zoo, where he had volunteered every summer.Even outside of St. Louis, Losos insisted that reptiles play an integral role on every family vacation—or he would refuse to attend.During a trip to Arizona in his early teens, Losos created a device that he continued to use until very recently: a fishing pole wound with dental floss could be used to catch lizards. He would spend hours hunting down the creatures, and, according to his sister, he was “very successful at it.”On a trip to Sri Lanka, when Losos...
...process of writing “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mystery of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions” presented her with “the challenge of trying to use references people would recognize and appreciate,” Randall wrote in an e-mail,. “I certainly had a lot to learn about writing...