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...potential value to the community must figure as the most important factor every time another Common App is reviewed.The question then is this: How does the admissions process get warped when the readers are suddenly dealing with an Olympic athlete?“We always look for talent, Olympic-quality and otherwise,” wrote Director of Undergraduate Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis in an email. “And we are interested in other kinds of distinction, such a record of support for good works of all kinds.”Of course, this makes sense. Harvard hasn?...
...common genre; in that case, Southern Folk and Gospel-tinged rock, in this case, soul. And neither film is restricted in its audience. “Block Party” is not a black film any more than “Waltz” is a white film. The talent, exuberance and humor is open to anyone of any age, race or gender. “Block Party” is not limited to hard-core fans of the artists; it is not Jay-Z’s “Fade to Black.”In pulling...
...Sometimes what we call ambition is simply talent so great it cannot contain itself. Mozart, Einstein, Paul McCartney and Bill Gates come to mind. But in other cases ambition is just greed. Many of the famous folk in your story fit the latter category. Ken Taub St. James, New York...
...what you get with young players. And I have an exceptional amount of young players.”Youth is the double-edged sword for this Harvard squad, as four different freshmen have led the team in scoring at various times this year. Nobody can question the talent of this year’s rookie class, which Delaney-Smith openly calls her best ever. But freshmen Katie Rollins and Niki Finelli were out until January with injury, and a season’s worth of injuries to co-captain Jess Holsey have forced Delaney-Smith to shuffle her hand.The result...
...Wednesday's four medals--all by women--were promptly buried in the avalanche of gloom accompanying the loss that night by Canada's defending Olympic champion men's hockey team. Some $90 million of NHL talent was bounced from the Games by Russia, a turn of events team boss Wayne Gretzky called "absolutely devastating...