Like other recent college graduates, Deval L. Patrick says, in 1978 he wanted to keep his options open. That’s why he carried a law school application in his backpack while working for the United Nations in Sudan. One night in the desert outside Khartoum, Patrick, then 22, put a flashlight on the ground, swatted away a few flies and filled out the forms by hand. A friend who was traveling to London mailed the envelope from there, where the postal service was more reliable.
A few months later, Patrick received an acceptance letter from Harvard Law School.
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