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Carlos Aguirre still remembers his first soccer ball.
It was a Christmas present when he was 3 or 4 years old -- quite a treat for a young boy growing up in a small town in northern Peru, where the neighborhood kids would wad up some socks or paper to play futbol, and use two stones or a pair of shoes to mark the goal.
"I grew up playing soccer...
The first time Bryan Boender earned an advanced degree and set out on a career path, history intervened.
A master’s degree in public policy from Rutgers University eventually led Boender to the New York offices of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. He spent the month of January 2001 training as a financial advisor in the...
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Rachel Hom, 21, will receive her bachelor’s degree in journalism/advertising when she graduates June 14 from the University of Oregon. She is from Olympia, Wash. “The first term of my freshman year, I was two-hundredths away from making the Dean’s List,” she says. “I’m on the Dean’s List now … but it’s probably for stopping...






