An Irresistible
Pull
When a boatman learns that practice makes victory
By Jay Paris '71
Alumni Spotlight: A dancer's doctor
Orthopedist William Hamilton '54 sees to feet, legs, and hips
By Caroline Moseley
Alumni Spotlight: Still undefeated
Attorney Martin Harris '84 has never lost a case
By Kathryn Levy Feldman '78
Alumni Spotlight: The wind in his hair
Alan Lopez '65 pilots vintage biplane to out of the way places
By Caroline Moseley
Alumni Spotlight: Relieving suffering, building
hope
CARE president Peter Bell *64 roots out poverty, affirms dignity
By Marianne Eismann '79
March
27, 2002:
Alumni Spotlight: Better bedside manners
'94ers Jennifer Greene, Kim Newell, and Mary Lantin help doctors
cross cultural barriers that divide them from their patients
By A. Melissa Kiser '75
Faculty File: Hialeah history
Professor Patricia Fernandez-Kelly explores the world of the
Cuban immigrant
March
13 , 2002:
Alumni Spotlight: Big plans for New York City
Gifford Miller '92 faces challenges as speaker of City Council
Prepping
for college
John Katzman '81 talks about his SAT tutoring company, Princeton
Review
By Richard Atcheson '56
A.A.
Milne gets mimicked, again
Lit crit Frederick Crews *58, author of The Pooh Perplex,
pokes the Academy once more with his new book, Postmodern
Pooh
By David Marcus '92
Fixing
the Bureau
Suggestions from a long-time observer, Cilfford Karchmer '68
By Tom Nugent
Who's
rude, and who's not?
Etiquette Girl Lesley Carlin '95 on the occasion of her new
book of manners, Things You Need to Be Told
(And it would be highly rude to omit mention of her coauthor,
Honore McDonough Ervin.)
November 7,
2001:
The
Road To Jericho
A Contemporaneous Tale of Good and Evil
By William Prickett '47
Years
on the Yangtze
A profile of Peter Hessler '92 about teaching in China and
his new book, River Town
By Kate Swearengen '04
October 24,
2001:
China
and the modern world
Professor Perry Link talks about global terrorism and his
book The Tiananmen Papers
By Fran Hulette
Comparison
shopping
Dan Ciporin '80, CEO of Dealtime.com, helps users find the
best prices on scores of products
By Rob MacKay '89
October 10,
2001:
Buffalo
Running
Writer Chris Lear 96 recounts his year of running cross-country
with the University of Colorado
By Rich OBrien
Getting
literary feet in the door
Dick Purdue '50's new Internet publishing venture seeks quality
material out of the mainstream By Rob MacKay '89
4/4/01
The
laws of war and child soldiers
Professor Jeffrey Herbst, who specializes in sub-Sahara Africa,
finds laws proliferate, enforcement lags, and paradoxes abound By Fran Hulette