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Meet...Eliza

Name: Eliza Agrest.

School: Second year, College of Medicine.

City you were born: Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Favorite music: The Beatles. I have all the records and T-shirts.

Bad habit: I don't know? Ask my husband of three weeks, he may know better than me!

Recent trip: Honeymoon to Italy. We rented a car and went everywhere.

Special place in the world: Israel. It has an aura that begins when you read the welcome home sign above the airport terminal.

Fondest childhood memory: Growing up in a talented family in which both my parents play for the Charleston Symphony and my brother Mikhail is an internationally renowned opera and ballet conductor.

How do you stay fit: I play soccer; I was a gymnast when I was little.

Biggest challenge: I just finished  SC Rural Interdisciplinary Program of Training (SCRIPT) in Union. It was a challenge organizing a wedding at the same time.

Plans for the future:I'm not sure in what specialty but I know that I want to work with children.

Special talent: I speak four languages— English, Russian, Hebrew and Spanish.

Something that you do that is silly but really fun: Everything I do is silly but fun.

Friday, Sept. 10, 2004
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