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...controversial move was the decision to also abstain from the Division I-AA playoffs, a move that Orleans became well-known for defending. The argument voiced by the Ivy League’s presidents, then and now, is that football is just different from other sports, and that the pursuit of gridiron glory would encourage Ivy schools to cut academic corners in pursuit of highly skilled athletes...
...entrepreneur,” Grossman said, “and the topics around the dinner table were on business, including successes and disappointments. As a result, I found business intriguing from a very early age.”These discussions included the question of how to balance the pursuit of profit with maintaining one’s integrity.“I remember talking with my father about the intersection of making money and the preservation of your reputation,” Grossman said. “He taught me that it was possible not only to be proud...
...Iraq, and also in light of its support for Palestinian radical groups. But those who advocate for a new diplomatic strategy argue that it is precisely Iran's capacity to make life difficult for the U.S. and its allies in the Middle East that makes so urgent the pursuit of a new framework of engagement in which to manage a very dangerous conflict. Like the U.S. National Intelligence Council's Fringar, they differentiate between Iran pursuing the capacity to build a bomb, and taking the decision to actually build one - which, they say, hasn't yet happened. Dissuading Iran from...
While Halpern’s art was influenced by contemporary concerns from the outset and Davis says that her sculpture only reflected modern day issues, Biggers found inspiration in the 1976 film “Network,” a movie that portrays the pursuit of power in American television, and from which he remade three scenes...
...elections and slumping economy have helped make the pursuit of power ever-present. “In terms of the debate and the election, I think it is important to look backwards in order to see where we are going forwards,” he says. “And although ‘Network’ was a joke in the 1970s, it became a reality in the 2000s. If we don’t learn from our past, we will make the same mistakes in the future...