Word: leader
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...farce of this notion can only be assuaged if one remembers that Chavez is the world leader who, infamously, cornered President Obama at the Summit of the Americas this spring to give him a book about foreign (read: American) exploitation in the Americas. Chavez, in his personal world, has the right to put the American president on the spot like this. He also was justified, presumably, in writing, “For Obama, with warm regards,” inside the book, because though the two are close enough that Chavez might give him the book uninvited, Obama...
...better world, we would be able to dismiss these fancies of a mad leader as just that and not give them more attention. Chavez forces us to study them, however, because sometimes he goes further than simply rubbing shoulders with celebrities. Lately, he has returned to using his country as a plaything for attention. The United States’s increasing role in Colombia, Venezuela’s neighbor, maddens Chavez. He lacks a real reason for his ire, besides an apparent obsession with United States imperialist tendencies he believes still alive and active. So Chavez mobilizes his armed forces...
Kocurek also made noise the night before, becoming Harvard’s all-time leader in digs...
...Gino is one of those guys you can always depend on,” Murphy said. “What you don’t get an appreciation for until you really spend some time around him is how tough he is, how resilient he is, what a great leader he is. He’s exactly what you need at running back...
...game. Junior Marco Iannuzzi fumbled a punt return, giving Columbia the ball on the Crimson 12. Sophomore Jerry Bell, who took over for rookie Sean Brackett midway through the game, completed a nine-yard pass to senior Austin Knowlin—who became the all-time Lions leader in career receiving yards earlier in the game—before junior tailback Zack Kourouma found the endzone on a pair of quick rushes...