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Jun 13, 2009 23:27

This weekend is my mother's 50th reunion from Wellesley. She invited me and my brothers to the dinner tonight, and we went. Partly it was to support her, but one of her classmates, who had spent some time in government serevice, spoke and answered some questions after dinner. The classmate was named Madeline Korbut when she was in college, but ( Read more... )

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lilithschilde June 14 2009, 13:02:16 UTC
Madeline Albright? Wow. Pretty cool.

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reynaud June 14 2009, 21:58:07 UTC
Yep.

Of course, going to these reunions is interesting. My brother was walking in and he saw another Wellesley grad, who's 10 years after my mother and Madeline Albright. She's also in government, presently also in the state department. But she was apparently being flanked by 2 well built guys with ear buds. (I.e., Hilary Rodham Clinton)

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carl_schweppe June 16 2009, 03:40:46 UTC
I will admit, I wasn't expecting a 2-1 deal in Secretaries of State...

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olivine_sidhe June 14 2009, 14:48:19 UTC
Neato!

that's the second time in a row I've typed Neato in response to a posting today.

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vdansk June 15 2009, 01:23:58 UTC
Wellesley is an awesome school. Still hope the girls pick something less expensive, though....

I loved the deadpan humor of your post. :) It made my day brighter.

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reynaud June 15 2009, 03:39:13 UTC
Humor? What humor?

;)

Tell them to work very, very hard, and get a scholarship. That's how my mother got through. (My grandmother was a widowed school teacher from Auburn, so no money there.) And, while I've never taken classes there, it does have an awesome campus.

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