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...including captain Matt Vance, who, since his two-homer outing last Wednesday against Holy Cross, is 2-for-24 with 10 strikeouts. According to Harvard coach Joe Walsh, Vance has taken the burden of awakening the Crimson’s struggling lineup on as a personal challenge, to the detriment of his own performance.“[Vance is] trying to do it all, trying to carry the team,” Walsh said. “I’m just hoping he can relax a little bit.”This weekend, Walsh plans to take Vance...
Sanjayan admits that being the only brown face in the room, as he puts it, has probably been as much of an advantage for his career as a detriment. People remember him from the blur of conferences and meetings. In international field work, not being white can make it easier to gain the trust of local populations - Sanjayan recalls an early field trip to an African nation in the wake of apartheid, when being white meant earning instant suspicion. But he admits to being troubled that at a time when the U.S. may finally be ready to elect an African...
...make a mistake, and then you justify staying there on the basis that you have to finish the job, what you're doing is compounding the mistake. You're making the mistake over and over again. We are making the mistake of staying in Iraq every day, to the detriment of our troops, to the detriment of our military, to the detriment of our economy, and especially to the detriment of our national security. On all counts, this anniversary is a reminder on just what a terrible mistake this was, and the most important thing is we have to have...
...understand endorsements either. They undermine objectivity to the detriment of our democracy. Editorials are fine; endorsements are not. Saul P. Heller, JUPITER...
...both really young—me being the oldest defender that’s going to play—but at the same time everyone’s really experienced,” La Fiura said.“On the offensive end inexperience isn’t a detriment,” he added. “It’s not so much system, it’s more about skill.”The young but experienced team won’t receive any help from its taxing schedule. Up from 12 games over the last...