Word: error
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...their crews—a luxury afforded to athletes in most other sports. They have one chance to steer a good course and direct the progress of oarsmen who must have unblinking faith in their coxswains, even if they make a mistake. And there is plenty of opportunity for error. A coxswain can commit steering mistakes that add of seconds to his or her crew’s race. They can call the final sprint too early, leaving their crews with no gas left and 100 meters still remaining between them and the finish. They can misjudge the strokes left...
...Ultimately, of course, the birth-order debate will never be entirely settled. Family studies and the statistics they yield are cold and precise things, parsing human behavior down to decimal points and margins of error. But families are a good deal sloppier than that, a mishmash of competing needs and moods and clashing emotions, better understood by the people in the thick of them than by anyone standing outside. Yet millenniums of families would swear by the power of birth order to shape the adults we eventually become. Science may yet overturn the whole theory, but for now, the smart...
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, the Oct. 17 news article "Faculty Meetings Stay Off the Air" incorrectly stated that professors decided without a formal vote to continue the long-standing practice of prohibiting live broadcasts of Faculty of Arts and Sciences meetings. In fact, the decision was made after a formal vote. In addition, also due to an editing error, the story failed to mention that the Faculty can still vote to permit live broadcasting on a case-by-case basis...
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, the original sub-headline for the Oct. 15 news article "Brazil Studies Program Endowed" incorrectly stated that Harvard's Brazil Studies program is 61 years old. In fact, the program is only one year old. The online version has been corrected...
Harvard will look for that fast start next Saturday when it faces Princeton at noon at Ohiri Field. CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, the above article "Extra-Time Winner Bolsters Ivy Rivals" incorrectly implied that Brown scored the winning goal in extra time. As the article correctly stated, the winning goal was in fact scored in regulation...