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...Raising kids with joint custody means you have to stay in constant communication with a person you either a) hate, or b) still love and are therefore crushed, or c) both hate and love," explains Judy Corcoran, co-author of Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex. "There's still anger, jealousy, hurt and fear that doesn't disappear just because the marriage ended. And those feelings are constantly reignited with every disagreement and drop...
...lifting isn't too much fun, but it's my job," she says. "My coach tells me that no matter how many times you fail, if you succeed once, that's good enough." Watching Xu shuffle up to the barbell, rub chalk onto her torn hands and clean-and-jerk 40 kg above her 33-kg body, Lin Zhiyi, a former swimmer and current Weilun administrator, shakes his head. "Weight lifting is terrible for these girls' bodies, especially their backs," he says. "But as long as it earns China medals, their sacrifice is worth...
...never even talked about me except to note what school I went to. What was known was that I had won several regattas and that my racing shirt was crimson with a white collar. For many in attendance, that was enough. Ipso facto I was arrogant, a jerk, snotty, annoying and worthy of scorn...
...whole episode left me with sadness far more profound than that which would normally accompany being called a “douche” or a “jerk.” I, like many of my peers, thought that people of our age had moved beyond many old stereotypical rivalries. My experiences had previously led me to believe that, deep down, Harvard students and students from the other schools had realized that we’re all pretty similar. It really makes no sense for us not to get along and to label each other as if we?...
Mark A. Adomanis ’07, a government concentrator in Eliot House, is an editorial editor of The Crimson. He will continue to coxswain the rest of the summer. As far as he knows, he is not an arrogant jerk...