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Moments after Saturday's attack in Islamabad, Interior Minister Rehman Malik condemned the suicide bombing as "a cowardly attack" mounted after "the defeat" of the Taliban in Swat. While the army has claimed a flurry of successes, including clearing the main town of Mingora and killing more than 1,300 Taliban fighters, a decisive victory is yet to be achieved. The army says that it is still facing "pockets of resistance," and the senior leadership remains elusive. Many of the militants have fled the area, believed to have melted away into the valley's snow-capped mountains, the tribal areas...
...Context is often more important than traits. The athletic child who is the natural leader on the playground may lose that dominant position when the group returns to a well structured classroom. For example, in January 1940, Winston Churchill was regarded as a failed politician, but after the British defeat in France, he was seen as a charismatic leader who could rally the nation. Churchill’s traits did not change in 1940; the situation did.The traits-centered approach has not vanished from modern studies of leadership but it has been broadened and made more flexible. Traits have come...
...Context is often more important than traits. The athletic child who is the natural leader on the playground may lose that dominant position when the group returns to a well structured classroom. For example, in January 1940, Winston Churchill was regarded as a failed politician, but after the British defeat in France, he was seen as a charismatic leader who could rally the nation. Churchill’s traits did not change in 1940; the situation...
...three points ahead of Princeton.“That moment for everyone pretty much solidified the fact that we [needed] to get moving because we could beat Princeton,” Meyer said. “There was a major mental shift at that moment.”Harvard defeated Yale, 251-102, but wasn’t able to pull out the win over Princeton, which passed the Crimson, 193-160.This defeat was followed by two more, with Harvard placing second at both the ECAC and Ivy League Championships. Navy got the best of the Crimson...
...hunters as it looked to defend its title this year. Not only did Harvard respond by topping the Ivy League ranks for the second- consecutive year, the Crimson did so in unprecedented fashion, winning all but one of its tournaments along the way. Harvard placed second in its lone defeat of the year to Princeton, but quickly avenged the lone blemish on its schedule by besting the Tigers a week later at the Ivy League Championships. While there were likely many factors contributing to such a successful season for the Crimson, none was more important than the extra practice many...