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...course, he could never be anything but monumental. It is the fate of fathers to be enormous, and the responsibility as well. One must be careful not to abuse one's stature, not to be harsh, not to bully, not to crush. God the Father must have known something of that self-governing caution when he realized that he could never pick on anyone his own size...
...power as mercilessly as Milosevic. In the dictator's best-case scenario, he can hope for continuing control, thanks to a paucity of opponents and the postwar inertia of a beaten population. But if there are uprisings against him at home, he is more than ready to crush them. And while his indictment by the Hague war-crimes tribunal means he can't hope for a cushy retirement in any U.N.-compliant country, there are some nice mountain resorts in Serbia where he could take up hiking...
Fineberg had already been tapped to relieveRudenstine from the crush of details. More thananyone at Harvard, the practical and levelheadedprovost is intended to be the president'sright-hand man. As Rudenstine's point-person oninterfaculty collaboration, a Harvard-Radcliffemerger was an obvious problem for him to handle...
...They are going to be awesome next year," said Miller. "It will come down to chemistry. But they will have more talent, and they will be very strong. They should crush people...
...Tina Brown model of cocktail party socialization, flitting from group to group with a cheerful wave and a smile-then, "I think we are expected to circulate; see you in section." I never got a chance to take up www.thespark.com on the offer to try to consummate my last crush...