Word: rejectionism
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The meeting--or at least the spin afterward--was so anodyne that it's easy to imagine that after five minutes, they ran out of things to say and were scanning the offerings on SpectraVision. Neither said he was sorry for the hatchets and sharpened screwdrivers each hurled during the...
Taking the second half of Harvard a year behind my class has been both a blessing and curse. First, I have seen what it is to reach the end of this red-bricked road. I have seen how many friends, no matter what they vowed against four years ago, take...
Brown struggled through eight years--and 250 rejection slips--before getting published. Working odd jobs to support his family, he spent his nights writing, throwing out whole novels he deemed unworthy. "I had periods of black depression," he says, "but I knew it would take years to learn what I...
Sophomore netminder Danielle McCarthy had ten blocks -including a rejection of an early 'Nova penalty shot -and anchored a defense that shut down the Wildcat attack.
The 570 or so members have no use for parvenus and get-aheads trawling for business connections. Applying directly is the surest way never to be invited back. You will be “tapped” accordingly, if they decide to show an interest in you. During elections, it...