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...coming from the Ivy League if you’re not putting up the numbers the scouts want to see, it turns off a lot scouts.”Given that Dawson is on the smaller side for an NFL back, he will have to spend both this fall and the offseason proving he has the mental and physical toughness to succeed.—Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...
...says, abolishing early action is “certainly a win for students in the bottom quarter and bottom half of the income distribution.” He, and many others, feel that wealthy students have an advantage in applying early. With thousands of dollars to spend on consultants, essay editors, and test preparation, wealthy students can prepare to play the admissions game sooner, faster, and better than less privileged students. Despite the fact that extra time will not give disadvantaged students more resources and better counseling, it will be very valuable. Wealthy students at elite private schools often begin...
...exciting challenge requiring all my energy and enthusiasm—my roommate in Athens once found me trying to defrost frozen spinach on the Celsius stove with a dictionary in one hand and a calculator in the other.Even the way I drink coffee came into question. Greeks can spend hours talking over one espresso; I would consume my caffeine through an IV en route to section if I could. But once I sipped like a regular Athenian, I started to wish there were café culture in Cambridge.The ability to slow down, do something that seemed frivolous (like studying Modern...
...overthinking that and other, less important issues. Albert Aukema Pretoria, South Africa The Other Two-Wheeler I read with interest your recent report about the innovative Segway scooter [Aug. 21]. It is without a doubt an elegant and stylish invention, but I do not understand why I should spend nearly $5,000 on something that has no advantage over a good bicycle, which is inexpensive and environmentally friendly and provides good exercise, with no battery to charge. Alberto Fumagalli Carugate, Italy If You Can't Beat 'Em, Eat 'Em "Operation: kill Kermit" [Aug. 28] reported that the French park service...
...President Bush, however, prudently chose to spend less time making a case against Iran than on trying to frame his Middle East policy as a campaign for democracy in support of the region's long-suffering citizens. "Some have argued that the democratic changes we're seeing in the Middle East are destabilizing the region," Bush noted. "This argument rests on a false assumption, that the Middle East was stable to begin with. The reality is that the stability we thought we saw in the Middle East was a mirage. For decades, millions of men and women in the region...