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...thrown onto the adults involved. While many problems do arise from overzealous coaches and parents who let ideas of grandeur make them ruthless, if we must exculpate the players from this sort of negative event, how can we ever credit them when they perform admirably? If we are to honor players for their good sportsmanship, we must be willing to cast them in a negative light when they exhibit none...
...past few weeks, Slumdog Millionaire has become nothing short of a worldwide sensation, earning a jaw-dropping 10 Oscar nominations and grossing far more than anyone imagined the movie would. The film has been honored by the Screen Actors Guild, the Golden Globes, and the Producers Guild. On Friday, its director, Danny Boyle, received a prize from the Directors Guild, an honor that usually foreshadows an Oscar for best director...
Harvard Law School announced Wednesday that it has received an anonymous donation of $10 million in honor of Professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62, to fund research and a faculty chair in his name. The donation will finance an endowed professorship and support teaching and research activities, conferences, and fellowships in constitutional law. Steven Oliveira, the law school’s dean for development and alumni relations, declined to comment on what connection the benefactor had with Tribe or the Law School, saying only that the donor “is obviously someone who is an admirer...
...there is no guarantee that the final plan, drawing on recommendations from departments, centers, and units across FAS will honor all departmental priorities, nor will it produce equal levels of cuts in all areas...
...some of Burns' friends and admirers decided to honor the departed poet with a dinner. They did it again the next year, and the next; by the early 19th century, Burns Clubs all over the country were hosing annual Burns Suppers. The celebrations were only for men - despite the poet's fondness for the ladies - and the menu has never changed...