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...Harvard men's squash team lists all those accomplishments--and many more--on its resume. Under the leadership of co-captains John Karlen and John Palfrey, Harvard attained collegiate squash's prestigious "double" this season; the Crimson blew through the regular season with a 12-0 record and a national championship and ten vanquished previously undefeated Western Ontario in the Potter's Cup post-season tournament...
...response to a direct question asking me what formal steps might be taken if a TF "blew off" (the reporter's words) his or her responsibilities, I answered that I found the premise extremely unlikely given my own experience with other TF's , all of whom took their responsibilities and preparations quite seriously...
Despite the troubles, the two sides were close to bridging their differences shortly before the deal blew up. "I talked to John as late as Monday night," says John Hendricks, chairman of Discovery Communications, which operates the Discovery Channel and Learning Channel. "At that point the merger was on. There was some relief in his voice that they had finally arrived at a deal." The broken alliance may indeed slow the construction of a nationwide information system, but very few experts expect that it will stop it. Other cable firms and telephone companies continue to move forward with combined ventures...
According to Kunde, "A B+ says, 'You tried, but it wasn't good enough," whereas if you got a C it means you just blew it off. When you blow it off, somehow you're less responsible [for your grade]," she explains. "If you don't even try, it's like, 'You could have tried, and [you might have] been good enough." Kunde, an English concentrator, attributes this attitude to the Harvard ego-cult of excellence. "I think it kind of ties in to the whole Harvard fear of mediocrity," she speculates. "I think the worst thing...
...definitely the most humorous (and probably most offensive) piece; still, the Edge's two center pieces best illustrate their sheer idiocy. The first was an editorial moralizing about the ill effects to violence in inner cities, followed immediately by a spread shouting the virtues of paint ball ("I blew away three people in one day. It was intense," reads a blow quote). Pass the beer, dude...