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...should Harvard go to extra pains to foster a competitive atmosphere before students ever set foot on its campus? Many Harvard students, who by any other standard are quite stellar, suffer from believing they are not good enough or accomplished enough simply because simply because some of theirs peers are summa cum everything. Such harsh self-criticism is not a positive by-product of being surrounded by 6,400 talented people. It may drive students even harder to succeed, but this, too has its negative aspects...
Before his arrival at Amherst, where he has spent the last four seasons, the Lord Jeffs had amassed a less than stellar 1-22-1 record during the previous three seasons...
...from professional jealousy. "David is the type of individual whom I feel particularly good about when he achieves success," says Dr. George Shaw, one of Ho's strongest competitors, who runs a state-of-the-art AIDS research laboratory at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. "He is a stellar scientist...
...even with a stellar performance from the team as a whole, there is always room for standouts. Saturday's meet was no exception...
Sparked by its stellar defense and a slight rebounding advantage (48-46), Arizona was able to generate easy, fastbreak baskets against a Harvard team which was unable to get back on defense...