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...course, signals have two sides. What propels us ahead also burdens us with others’ expectations. It is in these expectations, I think, that the true meaning of a Harvard education lies. In fighting to show others that we deserved our vaunted diplomas, we will be driven to excel, and to excess. The gnawing self-doubt that follows us on our fall from the Ivory Tower will be both a paralytic and a catalytic agent...
...skill levels. They also possess a quality I call achievement orientation. Most Asian migrants to the U.S. left their homelands in search of a better quality of life not only for themselves but particularly for their children. They worked hard to achieve their dreams. Their goal was to excel in whatever they did. The second generation has assimilated into multicultural American society. The children of Asian migrants are at home in the U.S., and many of them will outdo their parents in their contribution to society. America is lucky to have its Asian-American achievers. Homi Bhabha Bombay...
...with the lightweights, that they knew exactly what they were doing down to the last fraction of a pound.The tortuous journey from Monday to Friday and from season to season hardens the lightweights to the task of dropping weight and turns them into precision experts. One senior talked of Excel spreadsheets to tabulate calorie intake and his preferred ‘high-mass’ Thursdays, when he’ll mix together chocolate pudding, honey, cream cheese, and peanut butter and eat the concoction for lunch. Breakfast is sometimes a Cadbury Crème Egg, other times a bowl...
...fact, we try to offer the kind of in-depth reporting, cool-minded analysis and vivid photography that readers will find authoritative and compelling. You are the ultimate judge of how well we meet our goals, but it is also rewarding when our peers in journalism judge us to excel at what we do. The American Society of Magazine Editors did just that last week when my colleagues and I received two Ellies, one for General Excellence and the other for our special issue last September on Hurricane Katrina, which the judges called "a triumph of the newsmagazine's craft...
...turned out to be what customers wanted. If you look at what makes Opteron such a good product, it has tremendous benefits in cost of energy consumption and in terms of architecture. The performance per watt per cubic meter has become a very critical parameter--and we excel in such measures...