Word: pursuitence
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Even though red-tailed hawks are common to North America, Hutchison’s pursuit of the birds has been challenging, due to lighting conditions and the hawks’ own behavior. In one of her earlier posts, she noted, “As they grow, the juvenile red-tails become more elusive.” Another difficulty for Hutchison has been the mockingbirds, who imitate hawk sounds, and the surrounding traffic, which obscures the hawks’ screams. Hutchison has also written that watching hawks can be time-consuming: one hawk she observed stayed perched...
...pursuit of the highest standards at Harvard Law School during her tenure as dean, Elena Kagan gained a reputation for her effective leadership and assertive management style...
...pursuit of excellence,” Kagan set the bar high for her colleagues and created “a culture of incredibly high expectations and high stakes,” according to former Registrar staff member Leslie Sutton-Smith...
...employ their determination and honor to woo girls with mandolins in House courtyards. But we no longer expect this. Instead, we call respect and chivalry patriarchal. Without affirming the virtues of manhood, we “empower” our women by delegitimizing manly pursuit and admiration. Chivalrous romance that animates the soul is outdated, but our rational modernity threatens our deepest fantasies...
Denigrating manhood harms society because when we assault manliness, we devalue men. Take a moment to admire Heinrich Harrer’s aggressive spirit of pursuit, Tom Sawyer’s territorialism, Nelson Mandela’s courage, and the stranger in the courtyard who held open the gate. Endless illustrations of manly nobility, honor, and courage abound on Harvard’s campus. To Harvard men: You are worthy of honor and respect...