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...office but warn of the dangerous excesses attached to the personality type: "The other half consists of a package of not-so-positive symptoms that leads to everything from minor business problems to full-fledged organizational catastrophes and personal disasters." The last years of Disney CEO Michael Eisner's reign is cited as a perfect example of a misguided alpha tenure disintegrating into "paranoia, backbiting and civil war." The authors have great faith, though, in alpha consciousness raising: "Alpha males who face up to their risks often learn with experience how to rise above them...
...addressed the moral concerns reasonable human beings in the free world have toward what is happening in Darfur. A military force might easily be able to invade Darfur territory after destroying Sudan's military infrastructure and militias. But what happens after that? Does Beinart really believe peace will reign in Darfur once the Arab militias are defeated? Imagine if Islamic militants claimed that so-called Crusaders invaded Arab lands for their own purposes. The consequence would be terrorist attacks, and the victims would be the people of Darfur. Why not gather a robust force from Islamic nations? What about Turkish...
...first laced into his foot stretchers, Wilson’s program was barely on its feet. “When I first joined the team, it was actually kind of a joke,” Benkreira says.But in his junior year, former U.S. Olympian Linda Miller took over the reigns as Wilson’s head coach, and as the crew program got serious, Benkreira got serious about crew.“It’s kind of odd how I came to row, but I’m glad I did it,” he says.When Benkreira arrived...
...pieces for the page; other times, we publish pieces that are submitted to us unsolicited. In either case, signed pieces do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board. In fact, we tend to give our writers, especially our columnists and editorial cartoonists, a substantial amount of free reign in choosing their topics; we value clarity and originality of an argument over the particular content of the argument itself...
...Jennings' bereaved Charles). And after about an hour of wickedly acute satire, the movie shifts its focus to find the pathos behind Elizabeth's stern gaze. As incarnated by Mirren, that least sentimental of great actresses, the Queen might be any aging executive, devastated by the insight that her reign has been endured but not embraced. Mirren, who won an Emmy playing Elizabeth I for HBO, may deserve an Oscar for this ripe appraisal of Elizabeth...