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...Robert Reich, the former Labor Secretary, an edge, since he's the only candidate with equal name recognition to Romney's. But the book Reich wrote after leaving the Clinton Cabinet was full of stories that turned out not to be true and made him out to be a hero at the expense of others. He got in trouble again recently when he said Clinton had offered him encouragement in his gubernatorial bid, when actually he'd done quite the opposite. Reich mumbled to a Mass pol that what he'd meant to say was Clinton hadn't "discouraged...
...problem, I think, lies in these movies’ powerful temptation to self-mythologize. It’s one thing to occasionally saturate your field of dreams in rosy gold light, but quite another to have your hero constantly turn his eyes heavenward and flash a grin, even when he’s alone. Forget manipulation; these films, quite effortlessly, can make an audience feel violated...
...recruiting efforts have already started to reap rewards. Freshman center Tom Cavanagh was the hero in the ECAC semifinal against Clarkson. A night later, it was sophomore winger Tyler Kolarik who potted the overtime winner to claim the ECAC title over Cornell...
...skaters from both teams somehow found bursts of energy when necessary. Freshman forward Tom Cavanagh—the hero of Friday’s win over Clarkson—was especially active in the second overtime for Harvard, just missing on a mini-breakaway opportunity early in the period...
...Harvard athletes with their counterparts at “jock schools” is erroneous. Unlike their athletic brethren at “big-time jock factories,” Harvard athletes make a conscious choice to forego “alumni freebies,” athletic scholarships and hero worshipping students for the right to gain a decent education and the opportunity to passionately compete in sports...