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...Yale, on the other hand, is portrayed as a daunting and arrogant juggernaut. Brian “God” Dowling is the polished quarterback who hasn’t lost a game since middle school and running back Calvin Hill is a future No. 1 draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys. Several of the Bulldogs players come from families with long-standing ties to Yale, and while the Harvard players talk about picket lines and the University Hall student takeover, the Elis care less for broader global happenings and more about walking around campus and being treated like heroes...
...took what was given in a big way on Saturday as well. Against a tough Army team that forced him into seven turnovers and saw him pick up four fouls, Lin still racked up points when needed. He got the old fashioned three-point play early in the first half and, after being audibly frustrated by missing consecutive threes on one possession, came back a few minutes later to nail a deep trifecta as the shot clock ran down. He beat the shot clock again later in the half with a long...
...most surprising thing about President-elect Obama's pick of James Jones Jr. to serve as his national security adviser isn't that he's a retired four-star Marine general. It's that Jones is a longtime friend of Senator John McCain, the man Obama defeated to win the White House. While many prior Democratic national security advisers - think Anthony Lake under Clinton - have been academics or policy wonks, Obama's choice of Jones highlights his centrist tendency and his willingness to confound his party. It will be Jones' job to serve as a foreign-policy broker...
...about how great the experience is and what it can do for you in life. But I never want to lose sight of the ability I have on the football field. I have a promising future there. People have told me I could be a first-round pick, and my ambition is to play in the NFL. But the best thing is to be like a Bill Bradley and do both. That's the path I'd like to take. It's already been blazed, so it's just up to me to execute...
...University of California at Berkeley economist Christina D. Romer, who was a subject of national indignation earlier this year when Harvard did not offer her a tenured professorship. Economists, including Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw, a former CEA chief under President Bush, have hailed Obama’s pick as an “excellent choice.” Though the role of the CEA has been diminished since former President Clinton created the National Economic Council in 1993, Romer will be charged with leading a staff of professional economists that provides expert advice to Obama. In addition to Mankiw...