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...circumstances, the risk was too great,” said Groszyk. Most would have taken the specialist at his word. Groszyk refused to allow for the injury to define what he could and could not do. Abandoning his game was out of the question. “The biggest reason why I am here is to play basketball.” Groszyk said. “When that was taken away from me, I definitely felt lost in a way.” Despite his efforts, the administration of Harvard remained firmly opposed to Groszyk coming back on the court...
...last thing you hear on the flight log is air traffic control asking, ‘052, do you have enough fuel to land the plane?’” The plane had crashed as a result of this miscommunication, and, for Gladwell, the reason was clear. “There was a social breakdown...It was a symptom of a culture’s inability to allow subordinates to question their superiors,” he said. “This plane crash cannot be understood just on the basis of the individual...
...We’re still in college. We’ll have plenty of time to talk face to face when the economy crumbles, obliging us to sell our cell phones, dress in drab burlap ensembles, and stand in long lines waiting for soup. There’s a reason we consider sincere intellectual engagement awkward. The longer we can postpone that, the more time we can spend making lists of verboten terms like “moist,“ “dank,” and “tender” and quietly hoping someone else...
...well. He says he spent most of his Thanksgiving break holed up in his ascetic campaign office, a room with empty bookshelves and a color theme of black, white, and gray. The austerity of the office reflects the serious attitude with which he approaches his campaign. Without explaining his reasoning, James stipulated that the location of his office remain undisclosed.One of the few times when James gave a belting laugh—after demonstrating his imitation of a disk jockey’s voice—he abruptly cut off mid-chortle and again became soberingly serious. When asked...
...judge brushed aside strong opposition from Hartmann's prosecutors and freed Osama bin Laden's driver, held at Guantanamo for nearly seven years. Then a federal judge appointed by George W. Bush demanded the liberation of five Algerian-born prisoners also held at Guantánamo since 2001. The reason: evidence of their purported crimes is lacking. On January 26 - six days after Obama's inauguration - a Guantánamo court is scheduled to begin hearing the case of Omar Khadr, who was taken into custody by American forces at age 15. He will be the first "child-soldier...