Word: guts
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Harvard suffered its second last-minute defeat of the season Saturday, falling to Lehigh, 20-13, in front of 9,103 fans in Bethlehem, Pa. “To be perfectly honest, it doesn’t get more gut-wrenching than that,” head coach Tim Murphy said.After the Crimson (1-2, 1-0 Ivy) missed every opportunity to put the game away in the fourth quarter—including a blocked 26-yard field-goal attempt that sophomore Patrick Long simply kicked too low—senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti lined Harvard...
...America has found his or her Inner Writer. The pioneer was Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca, whose 1984 memoir, Iacocca, was a smash hit with 7 million copies in print. Then came GE CEO Jack Welch, who received $7 million for his 2001 tell-all, Jack: Straight from the Gut. Of course, there are motivations for writing a book besides money: the earnest desire to pass along lessons learned, the urge to settle a few scores, not to mention ego. This month brings three new CEO tomes that span the spectrum of management styles from California New Age to pinstripe M.B.A...
Although Galanter has yet to review the facts surrounding the multiple charges against his client, he maintains Simpson is innocent. "My gut feeling is that you've got two basic accusers," he says. "One of them is in the hospital and one is in jail. Obviously, I do not think Simpson is guilty of any of these charges. I do think O.J. gets treated differently because...
...likes to admit that he can’t trust his gut, and Harvard students don’t like it any better than most. I don’t like it either, but whenever I’m feeling perceptive—especially during shopping week—I try to remember Ernest Burgess and the Illinois Parole Board...
These inconveniences are too high a price to pay for the illusion of informed decisions. In the face of decades of empirical evidence, we continue to trust our gut, and shopping week fuels our folly...