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...more responsibility you get, the more you’re going to get the blame if things go wrong,” Kitovitz says. “At the same time, I’ve never had a situation where I thought it was the coxswain’s fault. Rowing is the ultimate team sport. Whatever goes wrong, we’re all equally responsible.”“The big picture is that any mistake is the whole crew’s mistake,” says heavyweight men’s coxswain...
...players' fault. Their fervor in France was the Cup's saving grace. Lined up before matches, imbibing their anthems, most looked ready and able to astonish with honed athleticism. Alas, rugby these days teases but seldom delivers. Its laws prevent even the most gifted players from showing more than a fraction of what they can do. No longer a showcase for sweeping back-line play, creativity or deft passing and handling, the game has become maddeningly disjointed and dull. And except for those fans who are satisfied with endless collisions and messy contests for the ball, everyone knows...
...speech itself, it was polite, if unpolished. The purpose was to fault the lack of student input in administrative decisions, which he associated with citizenship, as in: “This denial of citizenship must end now!” (Polite, somewhat confused, applause.) From “one president to another,” Ryan A. Petersen ’08 continued, possibly without irony, “change does not come easily to these hallowed grounds...
...call 24/7 with the more-faster-now. What we should really understand is that if we looked in the mirror, you're going to find out very quickly who's making that choice. To say, 'well, it's my boss's fault.' No. I'm realizing we're in the big shake-out. This time where we really have to decide, and our employers have to decide, how we're going to respect our time and the choices we can make and the boundaries that we want...
There is nothing like a bad investment to make even the smartest person feel dumb. According to Zweig, a senior writer at Money magazine, it isn't entirely your fault. The appetite for money is a hardwired instinct that bullies our rational thoughts. Humans crave money so intensely, he writes, that the brain scans of a cocaine addict and someone about to receive cash look an awful lot alike. The good news: with self-awareness and a basic understanding of the brain's mechanics, we can dupe the greatest financial foe of all--ourselves. --By Carolyn Sayre...