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...playing extraordinarily yet not returning to Cambridge with the win, the Harvard men have an additional aspect of their team to say goodbye to. The six senior members of the squad will hang up their cleats and crimson jerseys one last time, while the remaining members must prepare to fill the large holes left by the graduating class...
...they interact during a certain period in time. Rather than wielding literature’s formidable power of insight, however, academics are often too busy observing topics in the intellectual stratosphere. We are taught what words mean but not how to use them, and these concepts without meaning gradually fill our heads like sawdust. Ubiquitous buzzwords like “reification” and “hegemony” and “meta” are only rhetoric that gives the illusion of knowledge. We may sound like good little Harvard students when we use these terms...
...There is no doubt that the BSO had the power to fill Symphony Hall with its rich sounds, but their full potential was not reached. The concluding fugue closed on a clean note that left the listener’s thirst for an impassioned performance unquenched...
...Cooke wasn't some pretty Euro-boy, indulged by Manhattan plutocrats because they could count on him fill out a dinner table or bridge game. He had the gift of intelligent gab, and a mind that swiftly synthesized all he'd read and seen into what he knew the listener would find informative and attractive. He demonstrated that when Edward VII resigned after marrying Wallis Simpson (another American swell Cooke had met), and NBC radio hired him to cover the event: 10 days, 400,000 words virtually all ad-libbed...
...will not appoint insiders solely due to their status or popularity. Analogous to the thoroughness of his campaign, the vetting process to join Obama’s team is meticulous. Top candidates—including potential Secretary of State and current Senator Hillary Clinton—are required to fill out a 63-item questionnaire. The expansive scope and depth of questions, which cover everything from a candidate’s involvement in controversial matters to his or her public speeches, indicate that every application will be scrupulously and fairly examined. Yet another change from previous administrations is the transparency...