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...book, you talk about the "inner primate." What's that? I first heard it from Gary Wilson, a teacher at the school. And he just means that we're really aware of hierarchy and rank. We don't like to be pushed around. On the flip side, we like to push around. Trainers have to really fight that urge because their relationship with their animals should always be cooperative. They're not trying to get them to do anything as a reflection of the trainer's ego or to just show that they're in charge. You really have...
...campus, including the classroom, the research laboratory, the concert hall, and the sports arena. Yet the men’s basketball team has languished for decades, falling well short of that standard. Meanwhile, the baseball and football teams grab Ivy League titles by the fistful, the school has nationally ranked squads in hockey, soccer, tennis, squash, and crew, and women’s hoops is poised to qualify for the Big Dance for the second straight year.The April hiring of Amaker, who has experience helming major-conference teams at Seton Hall and Michigan, seemed to signal a long-overdue move...
...Index—the Ivy League’s measure for determining if recruited athletes meet the academic standards of member institutions—than would have been allowed in previous years. The Academic Index formula relies on an athlete’s GPA, standardized test scores, and class rank to determine a “score” that is weighed in the recruiting process.The Times reported that, according to two former Harvard assistant coaches, last year’s team had an average of 206 on the Academic Index, among the highest of the eight teams...
...also begun extraditing FARC leaders to the U.S., and two of them were recently convicted and handed lengthy federal prison sentences. It's not even certain if the FARC's 77-year-old leader, Manuel Marulanda (known as Tirofijo, or Sureshot) is still alive; and morale among the rebels' rank and file is said to be crumbling...
...Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to visible positions. I was 31, I'd never worked in Washington. Was I ready for this large and visible job? Still he wanted the credit. So he gave me the job but diminished the job. I had a lower rank, lower pay. In Washington, you take away the symbols of status and you take away the status. I had more responsibility than authority. I tell that story because I think that's something that happens to women. Then you get blamed when everything doesn't go perfectly. I believe we need...