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...golf. He can remember the exact yardage he faced on each approach shot days after a round. He is driven to be the best golfer who ever played, and if he has a worry, it's that if he marries and has children, that might distract him from his quest. Ben Hogan had no kids...
...quest for Middle East peace, to which the Clinton administration has devoted so much energy and effort, also has little to do with democracy. Israel is the only democracy in the region, and that may be a good thing if peace is the goal. Popular opinion in Egypt, Jordan and among Palestinians is far more hostile to Israel than are the political elites who interface with Washington. President Mubarak, King Hussein and Yasser Arafat would have had a hard time concluding their peace agreements with the Jewish state if they had to answer, in short order, to an electorate...
...nothing like that. What I mean is that I can't stand for my feet to be uncomfortable. Most of my body's capacity for low-grade chronic pain is located south of the ankles, and as a result, much of my life is spent in the quest for a decent pair of shoes. I live in hope. I pause at shoe-store windows and grow glassy-eyed. My sons find the effect mildly hilarious. The Mr. Toad of footwear...
...raft of recent studies, Americans are working more and enjoying it less. Between 1995 and 1999, the number of people calling in sick because of stress more than tripled. "I've got a lot of clients coming to me from Silicon Valley," says Pam Ammondson, 45, who runs Clarity Quest, a Santa Rosa, Calif., workshop to counsel jangled burnout victims. "It's a dream to make a million dollars overnight. But these people are not happy, their relationships are miserable, and they're taking a step back to ask what it's all about...
...aside from Anderson's dedication to the Quest Scholars program, he also has a special enthusiasm for Harvard itself. The California native was tempted to return home upon graduating from Harvard...