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...control in the second frame. A series of wide kills and net violations by the Crimson allowed the Tigers to go on a 14-5 run to take a 29-19 lead. But Harvard went on a streak of its own, rolling off eight straight points before a service error by Schweitzer gave the game to Princeton...
Others have succumbed to such pressures but then realized the error of their consumptive ways. “It depends on who your friends are,” says Stauropoulos, enjoying potato fritters on a Friday night in Eliot dining hall. “Sophomore year there was a lot of pressure to do group activities—we’d all buy cakes from Finale and feel obliged to chip in.” As savvier seniors, she says, “We all realize that we’re poor and we just do cheaper things...
...NCAA rules, teams in the same conference are not permitted to meet at that stage of the tournament, but thanks to some kind of error by the selection committee, Harvard’s schedule was thrown into question...
Others have succumbed to such pressures but then realized the error of their consumptive ways. “It depends on who your friends are,” says Stauropoulos, enjoying potato fritters on a Friday night in Eliot dining hall. “Sophomore year there was a lot of pressure to do group activities—we’d all buy cakes from Finale and feel obliged to chip in.” As savvier seniors, she says, “We all realize that we’re poor and we just do cheaper things...
...mistakes do not lead to improvement when management passes the buck. Not only does the blame game increase the likelihood that companies will repeat the error, it can also turn off investors. A recent study by the Stanford Business School showed that the stocks of firms that publicly accepted responsibility for a down year instead of blaming external, uncontrollable forces tended to do better the following year. Indeed, the truest test of management may be its response to the challenges of failure--its ability to learn from its own or its peers' mistakes and take appropriate action. With that...