Word: helm
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...longer would the Crimson look overseas for the bulk of its talent, a policy ex-Coach Jape Shattuck had espoused during his tenure from 1981 to 1986. Now, with current Coach Mike Getman at the helm, the team was changing. Instead of the fast and physical game Knight had grown used to in England, Harvard was gradually beginning to emphasize the skill and patience which characterize the American school of play...
...Michael Spence--long known for his methodical, cautious and prudent leadership style--made the boldest move of his career last week. Citing personal reasons, Spence announced that he would step down as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences--the second highest position at Harvard--to take the helm of the Stanford University Business School. While academic observers described the move as a "step down" for Spence, the reality for Harvard is the loss of a talented administrator whose effect on the University will only be seen in years to come...
Poland has journalist Tadeusz Mazowiecki as Prime Minister. Czechoslovakia has playwright Vaclav Havel as President. Last week Hungary also put a writer at the helm. The parliament elected Arpad Goencz, an English translator and former dissident who spent six years in jail after the 1956 revolution, as the country's new interim and largely ceremonial President...
...least two of those years, we've had the most talent in the league," guard Ian Smith said. "We've been capable of annihilating other teams, but the chemistry hasn't been there. We as players have to come together as a team regardless of who's at the helm...
Last week Cousins and Helmsman Robert Kagan testified. Both maintained that they had followed Hazelwood's orders to steer the ship back into an outgoing sea-lane from which it had been diverted to avoid floating ice. But Cousins charged that Kagan had failed to turn the helm sharply enough to bring the ship promptly to its new course, and that was why the Valdez plowed into a reef it should have missed by two miles. Chief Mate James Kunkel testified that before the accident he had warned Hazelwood that Kagan needed extra supervision and "practice in steering...