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Back then, Texas was the biggest, baddest (and slightly scandal-prone) program which stomped inferior teams with a relentless wishbone attack. Now, Texas was seemingly mired in another mediocre year peppered by losses to ranked teams...
...gaining and keeping social status. The world of Versailles is shaped by what they refer to as "wit." Lest one believe that this wit is based on the crass premise of merely producing amusement, one French noble dismisses disdainfully the "hew-mah" of the English as being far inferior to French wit. The use of wit is sadistic, funny only if you enjoy seeing people being cut down with a single brittle and elegant phrase. For all its elaborateness, it is a savage and blood-thirsty game, and one whose consequences can be deadly...
...think they had an attitude that they were playing an [inferior] Ivy League team," Feaster said. "In my opinion, they were overconfident...
...scheme in his head: to use special forces to grab and hold a small piece of the Golan Heights, creating a crisis that would compel the U.S. to intervene and restart negotiations, presumably resulting in Syria's recovery of the Golan. Because Assad understands well that his forces are inferior to Israel's, no one thinks he would provoke a full-scale war. But that might still be the result, were Israel to respond to a limited land grab, as it has threatened, with a disproportionately severe counterattack. Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai has talked of retaliation that could topple...
Jennifer T. Tattenbaum '98 hit on one cause of our Harv-apathy. Sardonically, Tattenbaum explained: "I think Yale people have a lot more spirit...because they feel inferior and therefore need to cheer more. We know we are better and don't have the inferiority complex which results in intense school spirit." Underlying Tattenbaum's justification is an incredibly discerning observation about the Harvard psyche. Most of us are acutely aware of the stereotypes about Harvard haughtiness and, as a result, learned early on to tone down our Harvard enthusiasm. (Sound familiar? "Where do you go to school...