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...your comfort zone and find the configuration of goals that best expresses who you are and who you want to be--whether that is winning an Olympic medal or learning to knit, completing a thesis or becoming an officer of Crimson Key. (We hope these things aren't mutually exclusive...
...federation is really colonialism. And though colonialism had a good 500-year run, it is spent. The only way to turn colonial empires into real federations is to allow them to break up into their constituent parts and hope that in their wisdom they will see fit to knit themselves back together again...
...great degree, sexual abuses are a consequence of men banding together in tight-knit competitive groups. Like military platoons, ghetto gangs and college fraternities, athletic teams foster a spirit of exclusivity, camaraderie and solidarity. Jocks not only play together but also often eat and live together. And personal integrity is frequently a weak match for group loyalty. In a mob, especially one fueled by alcohol or drugs, individuals may not blanch at joining in a gang rape. "They will do anything to please each other," observes psychologist Sandler. "They are raping for each other. The woman is incidental...
...successor to the embattled Meese in August 1988, Thornburgh came to Washington with a reputation as a moderate former Republican Governor of Pennsylvania. But he brought along a tight-knit group of cronies from Harrisburg and shut out almost everyone else. Even Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, a Washington attorney, was excluded from the 8:30 a.m. staff meeting. Moreover, Thornburgh's sometimes imperious manner grated with Congress, the press and Justice employees. Problems mounted quickly...
...Holleran returns to the team's close-knit nature as the key to success and fun at Harvard--two things she plans to bring with her to her new job as an English teacher and squash and lacrosse coach at Deerfield Academy...