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...months. This time I’ve got 13 months (before the election) and have 15,000 miles to cover. I find that if you make a real effort, people give you the time of day and will listen to your message. Political leadership, even at my modest level, is about sacrifice...
...potential,” she says. “If a kid looks like he can think with a pen, a 580 [SAT score] might underestimate him. If his dad is a house painter, he probably scores lower. If he’s a great football player with modest scores but good recommendations and grades, say, 550 and 580 and 10th in a class of 400, that’s a low AI, but he may have maxed out the opportunities he had. You wouldn’t take him unless you thought he could be really good at something...
Edwards may just be being modest. Though the element of surprise probably worked to his advantage—just as it did when he was an anonymous face against Holy Cross—chances are they wouldn’t have been able to stop him anyway...
...Glover] has driven Care for Children,” said Lim. “He doesn’t want the focus ever to turn to him. He’s modest, honest and straightforward...
Fortunately for Fitzpatrick and the rest of the Harvard team, this week’s totals will most likely prove to be more of the exception than the rule. With a return to conference games against more modest Ivy opponents—including bottom-dweller Cornell next week—expect to see passing efficiency ratings and offensive yardage skyrocket back to more familiar digits...