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...number of researchers believe it's possible for the nonambitious to jump-start their drive, provided the right jolt comes along. "Energy level may be genetic," says psychologist Simonton, "but a lot of times it's just finding the right thing to be ambitious about." Simonton and others often cite the case of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who might not have been the same President he became--or even become President at all--had his disabling polio not taught him valuable lessons about patience and tenacity...
...work on the weekends, since it can get pretty rowdy in the dorms,” said Samuel N. Quinn ’07, a Currier resident who is also involved with QUAD. The UC and QUAD hope to push for additional changes in the future, but both groups cite the extension of hours and reserves as a significant first step. According to Haddock, the Quad has traditionally suffered from neglect from the University and is particularly threatened by the University’s plans to expand into Allston. “The Quad does not factor into those plans...
...core, a relentlessly selfish and duplicitous schemer as a young man who harbored "a love for bloodthirsty thuggery." And then he turned really nasty. Mao purged and murdered rivals. He pigged out on exotic delicacies amid the mass starvation his policies caused. (The authors cite estimates that 38 million people died of starvation and overwork during the Great Leap Forward. Mao, meanwhile, stuck to his misguided industrialization plans, blithely commenting that "half of China may well have to die.") In the 1970s, Mao even forbade surgery for his loyal No. 2, Zhou Enlai, who was suffering from cancer...
...role in the Hariri hit. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is consulting with allies and, according to State Department officials, as early as this week may push in the U.N. Security Council for resolutions condemning Syria. A top State Department official says the U.S. wants the resolutions to cite not just the Hariri assassination but also "the various aspects of Syria's destabilizing behavior in the region"--ranging from Syria's suspected support for jihadist fighters in Iraq to its sheltering of leaders of militant Palestinian groups like Hamas...
...admissions process” as including, “the need to assemble a class of students with a wide diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and talents.” They argue, further, that such diversity is beneficial to their student populations, and to society in general: the authors cite evidence that, between the 1976 and the 1989 college entering cohorts, there was a 15-to-20 percent increase in the number of matriculants who rated college as contributing “a great deal” to their “ability to work effectively and get along well with...