Word: prowess
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many academically qualified students seek Harvard admission; academic prowess cannot adequately determine who receives the mythical big envelope in the mail. Without examining other criteria--region, race, background, extracurricular experience, interests and special skills--it would be impossible to decide whom to admit. An admissions system that relied solely on academics would ultimately and necessarily result in admissions far more arbitrary than they lready are: admissions officers would have to randomly select 2,000 names from the pool of thousands of "qualified" applicants...
Obviously, academic prowess should be the primary consideration for Harvard's admissions officers. But it should not be the only consideration. There is absolutely nothing discriminatory about examining a number of factors in an effort to produce a student population that will expose its members to the cultural differences, unique experiences, and diverse interests and talents that comprise American society...
...draw on a few of its own human resources, as well? To start, is there a need for the HMC, with the Harvard Business School just across the Charles? Why not draw on the few elite who not only exercise their prowess in the business world, but are qualified to teach it to others? A small committee of HBS faculty would not only be in position to examine and redirect the endowment's investment's but could also draw on this direct management of a large corporation as a hands-on teaching tool...
Rookie of the Year recycles this woozy wheeze for the family audience by granting baseball prowess beyond his years (or anyone's wildest dreams) to 12- year-old Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas). As a result of a broken arm that heals eccentrically, he acquires a gift for throwing 100-m.p.h. fast balls, and he is quickly pressed into service by the ever hapless Chicago Cubs...
Bentley, however, attributes his prowess less to talent than to effort coupled with a strong desire to win games...