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Kelly Widman didn’t have a choice after breaking his right fibula in Harvard’s 39-14 win over Princeton last year. He had to sit on the bench, had to hobble on crutches and watch his teammates celebrate one of the finest campaigns in Crimson history...
...Crimson has a question behind center that only time can answer, but the offensive line is undeniably one of the finest in the Ivy League. The line’s role in the running game, coupled with excellent pass protection for Fitzpatrick, was a crucial if rarely mentioned component of a prolific offense that averaged 33.8 points a season...
...government’s main lawyers before the Supreme Court—and later had a private practice. By the time President Bush appointed him to the D.C. Court of Appeals in 2002, Roberts had argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court and was known as one of the finest appellate litigators in the land...
...course, Bush has a history of floundering at the start of a crisis and then finding his voice. Handling Sept. 11 is now considered his finest hour, even though he stumbled dramatically at first. But last week offered no New York bullhorn moment. He can't threaten to get Katrina "dead or alive." The victims didn't need a photo-op gesture of reassurance so much as water, food and escape, plus help for the long haul. And for an Administration that has staked its reputation on fighting the war on terrorism, no one can be very encouraged...
...other parallel is Bush's awkward first hours of handling a crisis. September 11, 2001 is remembered as Bush's finest hour but of course the day was anything but. He sat frozen in a Florida school after being informed of the attack, flew around the country, at first sending Karen Hughes to reassure a worried nation before he made a statement from an Air Force base while a macho Donald Rumsfeld helped carry stretchers out of a burning Pentagon. By the time Bush got back to the Oval Office that night to address the nation, his response had paled...