Word: idealism
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...athletically. He’s a great role model for the young guys and for me as well.”“There’s nothing bad you can say about him,” Knapp adds. “He’s the ideal captain and teammate.”While such support from those who know him best already reflects well on the senior standout, Caputo has also begun to enjoy recognition at the national level.On Nov. 24th, all eyes will be on the talented grappler, as he travels to Columbus, Ohio...
...within their fields of study—some physics concentrators might otherwise elect to “concentrate” in nuclear energy, for example, and some English concentrators might otherwise elect to “concentrate” in twentieth-century Irish literature. And while these specialties are ideal fare for course selections and theses, the charge of a well-rounded liberal arts education demands that Harvard undergraduates be exposed, as comprehensively as possible, to a broad and distinct field of study. This is what a concentration should be about. There is ample time, after all, for specialized research...
...exhibition?the Verdier Solar Power is a hybrid vehicle outfitted with a system of solar panels, called sun trackers, that provide electricity to the van's many accessories, including an onboard multimedia computer, a wireless Internet connection and a GPS that can calculate, among other things, the vehicle's ideal position in the sun. Although the Verdier won't be available until 2009, reservations can be made now for the $129,000 camper?and it's selling fast. "We think it's possible to connect with nature through technology," Verdier says. "It's for people who care about the environment...
...missed opportunity: "For despite the recent box-office disappointment, Sam Spiegel believed that Marlon would be an ideal Lawrence of Arabia, made his an offer, and sent him Robert Bolt's vivid scenario. To Peter O'Toole's undying gratitude, Marlon responded: 'I'll be damned if I'll spend two years of my life out in the desert on some f-----g camel...
...culture inside the GOP, then an equally important question is whether that will in turn influence a now dominant Democratic Party in Washington. Central to Obama's cross-party appeal was his clarion call to end America's corrosive red-blue polarization. Republican pols like Crist may take that ideal even more seriously than the hyperpartisan likes of Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. It's a long shot, but a more centrist-minded GOP could be the country's best guarantor against the Democrats indulging their own more extremist urges...