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...love the rags-to-riches, Horatio Alger, class of 1852, sort of underdog who beats the odds and from poor and humble beginnings acquires vast wealth. If we love successful underdogs as they approach fame and fortune, why do we not continue to love them as they attain ever-higher pinnacles of achievement, whether it be by doubling and redoubling their billions or by winning an increasingly ridiculous number of consecutive championships...
...ripe age of 37, Daniele Gatti has already established himself as one of the world's foremost classical conductors due to his unabashed physical and emotional freedom of expression in directing his orchestra. Anyone whose career of musical instruction and performance spans nearly three decades should eventually attain such a degree of skill, but it is Gatti's highly visible selfimmersion in his profession that brings him well-deserved distinction. Deemed the foremost conductor of his generation by some, the renowned Italian director had some high expectations to fulfill in his interpretation of Schubert's Symphony No. 8, (the "Unfinished...
Under Ivester's direction, Coke is pouring on the investment to attain its goal of gulping 50% of the U.S. market by 2001. The plan is to make this conspicuous brand ubiquitous by putting a Coke vending machine or retail point within arm's length of every consumer. Those market-share points are going to become harder to swallow, though. Coke and Pepsi lay out about $2 billion annually in soft-drink promotion worldwide, and spent an ugly summer in a nonstop price war. Moreover, Pepsi has its own formidable general in Roger Enrico, as well as a new game...
Most recently, Israeli authorities destroyed more than 25 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem based on the claim that they were built without a permit-virtually impossible for Palestinians to attain in the first place. Such action, along with the building of the settlement on Jabal Aba-Ghneim (Har Homa) and last September's opening of a tunnel underneath the Dome of the Rock, is clearly in violation of the Oslo peace accord's stipulation that the status of Jerusalem not be altered until final status negotiations. The authors, on the other hand, are concerned that The Crimson's reference to East...
...HSTO has a way to go before it is deserving of our praise. In its current state, the HSTO should not even exist. There is no point in allowing Harvard to have a monopoly over our phones when the University gives us better rates than we could attain...