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On race, Harvard still must learn

Aug. 2, 2009
In 1941, the university permitted discrimination against my father and found itself on the wrong side of history. In the controversy surrounding Henry Louis Gates Jr., it's making another mistake. President Obama's White House beer with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge police...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler