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...election that is still very much up in the air, a mere dozen votes separate six-term Cambridge City Council incumbent Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 and neighborhood activist John Pitkin from winning the ninth—and final—spot on the council...
...August 3, 1852—a mere 150 years ago—Harvard and its long-standing academic rival Yale competed in the nation’s first intercollegiate sporting event—a crew race held on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. True to form and satisfying to our modern mock-hatred of New England’s finest safety school, Harvard prevailed over Yale and began a sports rivalry for the ages...
Postseason glory is one thing, but let’s face it, it’s something we’re exposed to every year. Someone has to play in the Fall Classic. It’s impressive to do it after existing for a mere four years, but if the Diamondbacks didn’t, some other good team would have. We can count on these things happening every year—champagne sprayed around a locker room, cliché-ridden speeches to FOX sideline reporters and phone calls from the President. Winning the World Series is a wonderful...
...Collins concluded that it's not necessarily celebrity leaders, rich executive pay, pricey technology or splashy mergers that lead to greatness. Rather, it's "Level 5 leadership." Such leaders often are "self-effacing, quiet, reserved, even shy." They put people in the right roles, confront unpleasant facts and transcend mere competence. "I like to think of our work as a search for timeless principles," writes Collins. --By Andrea Sachs...
Last week, the Crimson faced a relatively rested Brown team mere hours after its win over then-No. 12 Queens. Yesterday, facing Brown after a night’s rest and in its last game of the tournament, the Crimson dominated from the start of play...