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...column may be all that’s left for me in this world in terms of proving my football acumen. I can already hear the grumbling: “Picking 1-AA football games? What does that prove? Who cares?” And to you I say fie! Because a five-year-old could tell you the Colts are good and the Browns are bad. But how many people can promise that the Leopards are good and the Big Green is bad? Huh? Without further ado…HARVARD VS. HOLY CROSS (1-1)Rule...
...negative self-fulfilling prophecy by refusing to apply.”Total applications hit record highs this year at Penn, Princeton, and Yale—which for the first time topped Harvard in early applicants—though none of the schools scored as large a pool as Harvard. FIE HFAI!Fitzsimmons also said that tweaks to the recruiting efforts for the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) contributed to this year’s dip in applicants. The highly-touted program, introduced by University President Lawrence H. Summers in 2004, exempts families earning under $40,000 from any financial contribution...
...editors: Re “Fie, Feminism,” comment, Dec. 14, by Virginia A. Fisher: I hope Fisher keeps a copy of this article to read 10 years from now, when she may be struggling with the ongoing problems of balancing caregiving responsibilities with workplace responsibilities. If women’s special interest lobbying will result in real changes that make workplaces more tolerant of caregiving (either caring for children or for aging parents) and caregivers, then I am all for it. And so are my husband and my two kids. And so will be the many people...
...Moceanu, who finished first by .200 of a point. And even she, at 13, was something of a '92 veteran, having been a standout back then in the junior pack. All this bodes well for Atlanta. "We'll have a more mature Olympic team than ever before," says Jackie Fie, international technical director for USA Gymnastics. "We want to show we have healthy, well-adjusted young women who have a life...
...does the White House no good that the press has a vested interest in the outcome, since the public's attitude is fie on both their houses. Past presidencies are filled with cautionary notes that should warn a public official off any non-Jeffersonian actions. George Bush's attempt at just-folks normalcy was undermined when he turned a blind eye to his chief of staff flying military jets to private appointments, and closing the waters off Kennebunkport, Maine, while he pounded through the surf in his cigarette boat. Ronald Reagan could pull off the common touches as only...