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Noorzai's position as tribal leader was more than an honorific. Leadership is not simply inherited: while descent is important, a chief usually emerges by consensus, recognized for his military prowess, his charisma, and his skill with money and negotiation. Noorzai needed all those qualities when the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001. He immediately understood that the U.S. would retaliate and that the Taliban's days were numbered. That day Noorzai was at one of his homes in the Pakistani border city of Quetta, a two-story fortresslike structure. He left quickly for Afghanistan to prepare for the coming...
...participated in the longest game in NCAA history, since the organization began keeping records for women’s hockey in 2000. Longer even than the Crimson’s memorable triple-overtime war of attrition with Mercyhurst in the Frozen Eight two years ago. Longer, the press box consensus went, than any college women’s hockey game save one, shorter than only four games on the men’s side. The game lasted so long the band, Harvard’s most vocal supporters, had to depart Conte Forum after the first overtime, in order...
...He’s done excellent work consistently throughout the year,” said McGrath. “Andrew seems to demonstrate an ability to lead the organization, and building consensus is part of that...
...have had a significant role in causing climate change and will continue to do so increasingly in the future. Human activity is causing warmer weather, extreme changes in precipitation patterns, glacial melting, and rising sea levels, according to the report. The panel was able to reach its near-certain consensus due to the increasing availability of documentation of weather patterns and more sophisticated observation tools. Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government John P. Holdren called the report “an affirmation by a prestigious and diverse international body that climate change...
This has led to the speculation that a consensus-building female scientist is the ideal candidate for the job, although no one resembling that description has yet surfaced on the many circulating lists of possible candidates. In fact, old conventional wisdom has it that if your name appears on a list it is almost certain that you will not get the job. In fact, it has been suggested that “the list” merely indicates that a constituency has been heard from, not that the person is a viable candidate. In this election cycle, the news...