Word: mindedness
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They say that anyone can be a success in a job if they can choose their predecessor. In Bok’s case, his successors have made him look better and better in hindsight. Neil Rudenstine is a very kind and courtly man who will be remembered for his prodigious...
Of course, all of this is hogwash. Having attended Harvard as an undergraduate, and having taught here for six years, I can attest that the Faculty is in no way a festering cauldron of left-wing lunatics. Overall, its members are a diverse and impressive group of hard-working scholars...
PRESIDENT BUSH CALLED YOU A MAN OF STEEL. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE HIM? Oh, he's a good bloke. He's very focused. Tough and single-minded is how I'd characterize him, Very much so. And possessed of great personal warmth. His people skills are very good.
Ponting might advise his players that the public matters, that there would be no lucrative contracts without it. Always an exclusive club, Australian cricket under him seems more insular than ever. One day, hopefully, Australians will tire of denigrating English sporting teams; their mocking of English cricketers since 1989 has...
When Democrats succeed at being high-minded-as Bill Clinton did when he bet the future of his Administration on the abstract principle of fiscal responsibility-they do so only because they pay close attention to the realities of governance. Bush has been notoriously bad at that. His Administration has...