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...most, “Polo” calls to mind a tiny emblem on an overpriced shirt. But some—like Crocker Snow Jr. ’61, the coach of the newly formed Harvard Polo Club—insist that while polo’s “image is white britches...the reality is dungarees.” Read: no Ralph Lauren. The Harvard Polo Club has existed sporadically since the mid-1800s. Thanks to Harvard Extension School student and co-captain Michael G. Svestka, this equine extracurricular has come back into fashion, hopefully in conjunction with...
...ability to command. It is the capacity to inspire and invigorate, and by the persistent power of persuasion, get people both to get along and to go along. President Lowell once observed that you can get anything done as long as you don’t insist upon credit for the accomplishment. There is wisdom here and not the kind usually found in those books on business leadership that proliferate in airport bookstalls. A wimp or a wuss will not do, and mere popularity and likeability are thin gruel for an effective presidency. Intellectual passion moral vision, and the ability...
...enough-which means that the nation's 3,000 dog- and cat-food makers and marketers contemplate 1968 sales of over $900 million, up $300 million since 1965. At that price, the doggy dish runs all the way from chicken croquettes to chunks of pure beef. Pet-food makers insist that there is a little of the gourmand in every dog and cat, and last year they spent $52.5 million to advertise their argument-more than 80% of it on television ... The basic pitch is always to an owner's heart, not to his pocketbook. 'People always feel they have...
That was the recent ruling by Maryland's Court of Special Appeals in a case that may soon make its way to the state's highest court and that has captured the attention of feminists and legal experts across the country. Advocates for victims' rights insist it's not just a matter of allowing a woman to have a change of heart. If the law doesn't recognize a woman's right to say no during sex, they say, there is no recourse for a woman who begins to feel pain or who learns her partner isn't wearing...
Second, why must you insist on sinking your horrid little fangs into the hand that feeds you? Country is the soundtrack of America—at least for the proud 32 percent of us who stand behind our President. I still use Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” to drown out Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) when watching the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on C-SPAN. When Mr. Keith growls, “We’ll put a boot up your...