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Senior offensive tackle and potential future-NFL draft pick Jamil Soriano agreed with Palazzo. “It’s not that surprising because they are both excellent players,” Soriano said. “They’ve shown that Ivy League players don’t just excel in the classroom, but also on the football field. It was a proud moment for Harvard football players, both former and current...
...keillor's article complaining about express lanes for first-class passengers at airport security checkpoints [ESSAY, Dec. 2]. It irks him that you can get better service by paying more. But if everybody gets above-average treatment, we simply redefine the level of service. Forced equalization reduces incentives to excel. As for security searches, if Keillor wants to encourage passengers to submit meekly to them, he ought to make a convincing argument instead of waving the overused Sept. 11 flag. It's like dabbing your eyes when there are no tears. THERESA LONG Williamsburg...
Today, however, companies that excel in connecting the data dots are finding a lifeline in a customer whose IT ineptitude is matched only by its means: the U.S. government, which will spend $53 billion on information technology this year. The Federal Government's inability to share and analyze information became clear in the months after the 9/11 attacks. An FBI agent in Phoenix, Ariz., who was suspicious of Arab flight-school students was not aware that he had a colleague in Minneapolis, Minn., with the same concerns. Immigration officials didn't know that a Saudi suspected...
...It’s always a good idea to have fresh ideas,” Powell says. “But after you have the ideas, you need to implement them, which is where insiders excel...
...Holsey feels that there are other areas of the game she must excel at this weekend...