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...West can quickly move up the ranks of the Professional Squash Association, he’ll be able to do just that. Most of the athletes in the top 100 of the world rankings are able to focus only on playing. Since West has already beaten some of those top 100 in PSA tournaments while at Harvard, he stands a good chance to succeed as a professional...
...appease familial demands while following the path of self-exploration. The upcoming production of “Five Finger Exercise” in the Loeb Experimental Theater will bring to the table the classic issues of discovering oneself, but with an unexpected spotlight on the repercussions of those focused energies. This Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club production takes a deeper look at the harm done to loved ones when people focus solely on themselves...
...first broached. In the desperate moments following the Massachusetts Senate race, Obama sought an “elite” group to blame, and Wall Street bankers provided a perfect, easy target. His failure to outline a clear plan explains the holdup now preventing banking reform, and his focus on blaming the banks rather than reforming them represents the keystone failure of the populist ideology...
...people [on] the dance floor... You really have to learn how to gauge your audience.” This micromanagement amounts to an extended empathy; from noting who goes and who stays, Thorn adjusts his music according to what he believes they will like. While DJing, his entire focus is centered on maximizing his crowd’s happiness...
...governor flush with too much power and surrounded by cronies. But getting to the right of Perry, especially when her issues were stale, proved difficult, Jillson says, and her cause was not helped by the confusion last year over when she would quit her Senate seat to focus entirely on the governor's race. Even as the primary election approached, it was still not clear when Hutchison would step down. She had previously said she would leave Washington in October or November, no matter the outcome of the election, but her staff said last week she could stay until January...