Word: legacyism
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Of course, like any great legacy, their success is due in part to fortuitous timing. Few of the seniors who would anchor their perfect final season played more than minor roles as freshmen when the Crimson posted a 9-0 record—its first undefeated, untied slate since 1913?...
Fitzpatrick would be sidelined for the better part of the next month, returning to the field only against Dartmouth to lead an aborted comeback effort. The Crimson went just 2-2 without him in the starting lineup, effectively ending its title hopes and deferring any aspirations to legacy.
“We wanted our legacy left behind to be that we went out undefeated as well,” he says. “And really the best memory I have, that all the guys on the team will have—not only just the teammates, the...
There was no explanation, but the removal appeared an attempt by Summers, or someone in his office, to separate the president from a speech he had always insisted was not intended for general consumption, never meant to frame his public legacy.
Though he has tried hard to distance himself from the remarks that sparked his current troubles, Summers is unlikely to ever fully shed the phrase “intrinsic aptitude” from his legacy. It’s a reality that can’t sit well with the...