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...fact, it’s a somewhat incomplete outlook. One can look at this clear-cut dichotomy between the evil, winner-take-all world of college sports and the Ivy League bubble and assume that the Ivies’ competitive philosophy boils down to a noble, sustained mediocrity. It would not be true. In reality, the conference is very much at odds with itself, its constituent parts seething and struggling within the competitive barriers that the league’s own noble bargain has erected...
...maintaining separate administrations. The arrangement would be overseen by troops from Greece and Turkey. Some critics worry such a plan will solidify some existing divisions. Notes Andreas Theophanous, a political economist in Nicosia: "It establishes a divisive and dysfunctional system of governance." But for others - including Papadopoulos himself - the outlook seems more positive. The President-elect sees Clerides' line as a basis for future talks, and in his victory speech told supporters: "We want negotiations ... so that both communities can function under the plan." Once again, the U.N. may find itself embroiled in the endless politicking that plagues Cypriot peace...
Henry Adams took a decidedly negative outlook on his time at Harvard, writing, “Four years of Harvard College, if successful, results in an autobiographical blank, a mind on which only a watermark has been stamped.” His descendant Joe Scott hopes to leave something bigger to the College by starting a Harvard Hot Air Ballooning Society this spring. He enjoys his classes. Still, a part of him will always be back on the ranch...
...answer to why I was in that particular town, in that particular biology class, was simple. My father and mother, East Coast expats, came to Illinois for professional reasons. They did the best they could to infuse their only child with the liberal Jewish New York/Boston outlook amidst this strange breed known as Midwesterners: People who say pop instead of soda; melk instead of milk; and who still wonder why the hell those things that look so much like donuts taste so funny (and who persist in calling them bag-els instead of bay-gels...
...outlook for fiscal year 2004, only eight months away, is even more uncertain, according...