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...Diego against stiff competition—the field included defending national champion Washington as well as runner-up Stanford. While the varsity eight placed third in its division, the second varsity eight defeated Washington and Cal’s second boats to capture the Sharp Cabrillo Cup with a time of 5:52.31. “The race went really well,” said senior bow seat Breffny Morgan. “Our boat got off to a really clean and powerful start and the pace we set was controlled through the middle of the race, and that allowed...
...first weekend of spring break, competing in two regattas in New England on March 22-23.Though the results were somewhat mixed, both Crimson contingents came away from the blustery weekend happy with their results.The co-ed sailing team took fourth place out of 18 teams at the Boston Dinghy Club Cup, held on Harvard’s home turf of the Charles River.Meanwhile, the women’s team competed in the Mosbacher-Knapp Trophies in Branford, Conn., a co-ed regatta.The Crimson placed 13th in the 16-team field in the event that also served as the Ivy League championship.BOSTON...
...Radcliffe women’s lightweight crew took to the water for the first time this spring, and after a mixed-bag performance on Saturday against Georgetown in the Class of 2004 Cup, the team regrouped and swept Holy Cross and Smith yesterday. Consistently, the band of novice walk-ons shined, placing first on both days, smoking boats full of girls with greater experience. “It took a lot of hard work this week over spring break and a lot of focus,” novice stroke Elyse Traverse said. “We’ve done...
...what customers really want? Are most people looking for an experience, the "third place" community feel that Schultz likes to talk about, or do most of them just want a good cup of joe, pronto? "Howard is a brilliant visionary and a genuinely compassionate human being, but he runs the danger of being trapped by his past," says Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at the Yale School of Management who has extensively studied CEOs. "Entrepreneurs sometimes don't grow with the business. You shouldn't pretend the model can't keep evolving." Schultz is fond of saying that the current energy...
...display on Feb. 26, when Starbucks closed all 7,100 of its company-owned U.S. stores (4,000 licensed locations remained open) for three hours to retrain 135,000 baristas. Part of the training involved the correct way to pull an espresso: into a shot glass, not a paper cup, a shortcut that had evolved to move the line more quickly. It was a strong statement that Starbucks cares about quality--with a clear shot glass, a barista can make sure the espresso correctly settles into three layers--and isn't led by a fast-food-style obsession with throughput...