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...calls this last tenet into question. Bennett offers up examples of companies whose goal-driven business models led them to fail, from GM’s ill-fated drive to capture 29 percent of the automobile market to Ford’s disregard for warnings about the combustibility-prone Pinto in its disastrous determination to win back market share. What goes for business goes for life—Bennett quotes Adam Galinsky, a professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, who warns that goal-setting in general “can focus attention too much...
...Friday afternoon in Seaside, Calif. As Cal State continued to fight back, tying the game at five, the Harvard team, especially its freshmen, refused to relinquish the lead. With three tallies from freshman Shannon Purcell, and one goal apiece from freshmen Lizzie Abbott and Monica Zdrojewski and junior Roxanne Pinto, Harvard made a splash going into the second half. The main force, though, came from the hand of Kennifer, who scored 10 goals—as many as the entire Cal State team. “Our freshmen played very well, our whole team played very well...
...didn’t let the fact that they are the No. 1 team get to us,” sophomore Patty Smith said. “We didn’t let them get to us and decided to play our game.” Junior Roxanne Pinto and Smith recorded Harvard’s scores against the tough Cardinal defense. On the defensive end, Perlman had six saves between the pipes for the Crimson. Harvard dropped to 4-7 on the season. “This week will be a test of our endurance,” Smith...
...MacLaughlin said.The nine saves by co-captain Nicola Perlman, a former Crimson magazine chair, were not sufficient to contain the Hawks’ shooting front. Attempting to keep up with Hartwick’s offensive pace, McLaughlin tossed out four goals, while junior Roxanne Pinto and freshman Monica Zdrojewski netted two apiece. Peeler and Barton-Kettleborough each contributed with a goal...
...Colonels continued to stall, Kennifer and freshman Monica Zdrojewski amped up the pace. Complemented by two goals from Barton-Kettleborough, the freshman duo contributed a hat trick apiece. Harvard never looked back.Leading 6-3 at the half, the Crimson saw a shot each served up by junior Roxanne Pinto, freshman Shannon Purcell, junior Kristina Berquist, and sophomore Patricia Smith, throughout the second half. Harvard mounted a relentless barrage against GW goalie Charlotte Schou, while receiving two saves from Perlman, Harvard boasted a 10-point advantage as the final whistle blew. PRINCETON 10, HARVARD 8Harvard’s win over...