Word: betterment
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...feel that Victoria is getting much better,” Delaney-Smith said. “She’s a kind of kid who can dominate the game, particularly on offense, and she can score on offense 30 different ways...
...tried seven different things this year [for rebounding and defense]...but all the talk and drills in the world just aren’t doing it,” Delaney-Smith said. “We got better, but I still don’t have three legitimate rebounders on the team. I have two. We had stretches in several games where we were the best-defending team I’ve ever coached, so it isn’t that we don’t know how [to rebound and defend], it’s just not our mindset...
...past is any indication, many Harvard seniors will be taking competitive, individualistic, and personally rewarding jobs next year. And how many seniors are committed to volunteering for public service after a long, stressful day of work? The Commencement ceremony will urge seniors to make the world a better place, but most seniors have already chosen to focus on personal betterment...
There’s nothing wrong with personal betterment. Every individual has the right to work hard to pay off student loans, to live comfortably and support a family. But it’s not right for these personal aspirations to be our only ones. A good, moral life balances personal goals with communal ones. Yes, one should work toward a career that is personally fulfilling, but one should also work to help others, to better one’s community, and to “serve better thy country and kind.” What’s crucial...
...think we were actually playing better [than we ever had in the last two years],” Sheldon said. “We had more team members playing well than we ever had...We were definitely trending in the direction where if we continued to do the things that we had been doing, we probably would have...