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...wields a mallet, it all becomes clear. Snow—who was the captain of his high school hockey, lacrosse, and soccer teams—is that all-around athlete who possesses the added dimension of poise that distinguishes the truly talented from the merely overeager. Crocker Snow Jr. ’61, coach of the Harvard men’s polo team, sums it up by calling his son a “quiet player...
...early 1900s, a group of recreational polo players forged Harvard’s first foray into the sport, and by the late 1920s, the team tasted real success under the leadership of Forrester A. Clark Jr. ’58, a six-goal outdoors player. In the 1950s and 60s, Crocker himself, his best friend Adam Winthrop ’61, and Russell B. Clark ’61 further legitimized the sport on campus—but with neither official University recognition, nor the requisite resources, the survival of Harvard polo remained tenuous...
...After World War II, Crocker Sr. obtained several horses for his home in Ipswitch, Mass. and helped start the Myopia Polo Club, spawning a dynasty that would become known by many polo aficionados. Crocker Jr. played recreationally, in addition to eventually becoming a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and the director of the Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy...
...successfully targeted al-Qaeda leadership in the border areas, but at the cost of inflaming the Pashtun-led insurgency on the Pakistan side. Stabilizing Afghanistan might well become crucial to preventing the far more terrifying prospect of an Islamist takeover in Pakistan. Says U.S. Army Brigadier General John Nicholson Jr., who commands U.S. and NATO troops in southern Afghanistan: "If the Pashtun population of Pakistan sees a moderate, Islamic and Pashtun-led government in Afghanistan, well, it's hard to argue with. So we have potentially a greater impact in Pakistan with success in the east." (See pictures of Pakistan...
KANYE WEST asks to be addressed as Martin Louis the King Jr.; Sasha Fierce was already taken...