Word: finely
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...does work so hard at his reflexive nonimage. Though thin-skinned (ask any reporter who has criticized him in print), he almost never loses his temper. He never appears so much as shirtless in the locker room and changes from shorts into a fine Italian suit for each short walk from hotel room to team bus, because those few seconds may be the only time those particular fans crowding the lobby see him, and he wants to get it right. He is so polished that his few scrapes with indiscretion--losing tens of thousands of dollars in golf and poker...
What marked Jordan and set him apart from all the other great players of his era were a number of things: his great natural athletic ability, honed every year to a fine degree as he worked to improve his game; his high intelligence; his shrewd knowledge of the game; and his acute awareness of the strengths and weaknesses--psychological as well as physical--of his opponents. In the end, he emerged as the rarest of players: one without a weakness--and a player who thrived and hungered for big games. To Danny Ainge, who played against him and coached against...
...Although Fine and Weis are careful to point out the flaws of scapegoating, they too jump on the blame band wagon. Ostensibly, a cause for this economic hardship is required in their analysis; they attribute it as "demonic" legislation passed by congress. But an egregious analytical flaw creeps in. The authors never explicitly detail the legislation or explore how it splintered the inner city. As a result, it becomes unsatisfying to read hundreds of pages of inner city problems and receive only casual reference to what caused them...
...that is fine with me. They're paying me well, and the stuff I'm dealing with is interesting. I'm researching the idea of offering classes over the Internet. It is a relatively new idea, and it puts me on the cutting edge of technology. Plus, I get to play on Netscape...
...suffering for money. But consider the following coincidences: both Thomas-Graham and Nikki Chase hail from Detroit; both exhibited marked success in economics-related fields, and both are affiliated with Harvard. Self-aggrandizement? Possibly. A creative outlet? If that's what you want to call it, fine. But steer clear of the assessment that A Darker Shade of Crimson accurately exposes the upper echelons of Harvard society. Allow the book to entertain for you what fantasies it will, but don't doubt for a moment that, in her conception of academic life, the author is entertaining a few fantasies...