Word: coachly
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...Harvard's newfound success was the play of Petruccelli. Coach Steve Locker installed an Italian-style offense for the team, which relies upon precision passing to generate pressure. His skill in the middle of the field gave direction to the attack...
There are two alums of my high school currently affiliated with Harvard College: myself and President Neil L. Rudenstine. At the tiny prep school which I attended in southern Connecticut, we like to recall the legendary Coach Warner who is remembered to have bellowed at Rudenstine, then a fledgling baseball player, "Rudenstine, if you could learn to put one foot in front of the other, you might make something of yourself someday." While I won't speculate upon President Rudenstine's assessment of his own successes, I can assure you that we're both a long way from home...
...look toward Commencement, I find myself turning more and more to the words of Max Ehrmann, quoted often by my English teacher/lacrosse coach and given to me, framed, by our dean at my high school graduation. Faced with an astounding array of talented, brilliant peers, it took me a long time to decide that I had a right to be at Harvard. And, several months ago, as I read Dean Lewis's insistence that the College bears no responsibility for the non-academic fulfillment of its students in The Crimson's report "Are Harvard Student's Happy?", I figured...
DENNIS HASTERT Six G.O.P.ers defy wrestling coach turned Speaker on campaign finance. Use a sleeper hold, Denny...
During the lockout, when official practices were illegal, the Pacers were the only team that left homes and families to have practices in a court in some rich guy's house. They taped their own ankles and made irrational demands of one another during drills, just as coach Larry Bird would. Nineteen-year-old rookie Al Harrington lived in teammate Antonio Davis' house, where he had a curfew and chores. This is the Little Team on the Prairie...