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While it seems fate brought Brian to Harvard straight from Tampa, Gary spent a year after high school at Phillips Andover to hone his skills...
...found hundreds of tons of chemical agents, dismantled more than 800 Scud missiles and wiped out Saddam's budding nuclear program, but they didn't come close to uncovering everything.) The U.S. has even less confidence in inspections after a hiatus: Saddam has had the past four years to hone his concealment skills. In eight years of efforts to uncover Iraq's stockpiles, "we taught them what we could find, and they learned how to conceal, deceive and deny," says David Kay, former chief nuclear inspector and an outspoken critic of the effort. The Iraqi weapons program...
...firm has stumbled occasionally. In 1997 it paid $146 million for a Colorado vitamin business that proved a bust, and it made a costly foray into Internet retailing. But those missteps have helped Whole Foods executives hone their strategy: to create a "supernatural" giant that can withstand the challenge from both conventional chains and the 500-pound gorilla called Wal-Mart, which is selling ever more low-priced organic fare...
Harvard Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise has previously said he opposed a reduction below 35 football players per class. He said that a cut like the one just approved could significantly weaken Ivy junior varsity football programs, which provide underclass football players with a place to hone their skills...
...Harvard is not nearly the best place to hone one’s moral compass,” he says—pointing to attitudes of competitiveness, an aggressive drive to succeed, and selfishness that are “somewhat common” and “can cloud moral issues...