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Perhaps the brightest spot on the team is rising sophomore Dante Balestracci. The 6'2 middle linebacker had one of the most outstanding rookie seasons in Harvard history. Balestracci led the team in tackles, interceptions, and forced fumbles and stepped in admirably for another Harvard linebacking great, Isaiah Kacyvenski...
Devised as a way for large corporations to draw upon the expertise of HBS professors, HBS Interactive (HBSi) gives corporate America the chance to receive customized educational programs (taught by HBS faculty) aimed at solving specific problems companies are facing. But access to HBS’s brightest minds comes with a large price tag. Companies pay up to $10 million dollars for each customized program...
...Taiwan's rigorous academic meritocracy, good students are praised and respected; superior students become objects of local pride. A-bian was the finest student Tainan County had ever seen. "He was always the brightest in his classes," says Chen Chia-cheng, his sixth-grade teacher. "He used to finish his homework for the night before lunchtime." His classmates recall a studious, diminutive boy, annoyingly prim, his hand shooting up to provide correct answers to teachers' queries. The takeaway from his childhood successes: as long as you have boned up on whatever subject is at hand, you will succeed. That principle...
...budget--$140 million, not counting the premiere last week on an aircraft carrier in Hawaii--is the biggest in human history. Its length--three hours--is properly epic. Its central sequence--the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor--is an excellent orchestration of today's best and brightest special effects. The net result of this mighty effort is perhaps predictable: near total inconsequence...
...Taiwan's rigorous academic meritocracy, good students are praised and respected; great students become the object of local pride. A-Bian was the greatest student Tainan county had ever seen, his intelligence and perspicacity as obvious and tangible as an Olympic sprinter's speed. "He was always the brightest in his classes," says Chen Chia-cheng, his sixth-grade teacher. "He used to finish his homework for the night before lunchtime." His classmates recall a studious, diminutive boy, annoyingly prim, his hand shooting up to provide correct answers to teachers' queries. "He never picked a fight," says Chen Wen-chuan...