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...remarks about the view from his Fifth Avenue window, and letters from many countries, which bore the address "Alistair Cooke, Overlooking Central Park," ended up in his mail box. The man who knew everybody had the knack of making millions of strangers feel they knew him. That's the talent of a politician more than a journalist. But as The Unseen Alistair Cooke reveals, the man was no rabble-rouser. He was a rabble-raiser. People on the other end of one of Alistair Cooke's tours felt smarter and warmer, thinking they knew...
...Especially for this last group of seniors, they’re remarkable,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “You have a few kids who are fifth-year guys who won three Ivy League championships. We’ve had our share of talent, but we’ve had incredible character, and that’s, in the end, that’s what it takes.”And besides 2004, it has never been a dominating character. This year alone, half of Harvard’s games have been decided by four points...
...23rd and 28th, respectively, and rounded out Harvard’s scoring. Ives timed in at 18:43, about a minute and a half down from her Heptagonals finish, while Houser came in at 18:50. “We have a bunch of girls with a lot of talent,” sophomore Claire Richarson said of the depth on the women’s side. “Everyone’s there working together, so if one person’s gone, there’s another one there to pick it up.” Sophomores...
...responses to them. Still, Gladwell is unable to clearly articulate why any of this matters. Successful people get lucky, much luckier than we like to think. So what? If different hockey leagues were established with different eligibility cutoffs, Gladwell says, Canada could have double the hockey talent available for the professional hockey leagues. But is exceptional talent still special if everyone is exceptional? Should we make success available to everyone? And if so many hidden factors predispose some individuals for success, is it even possible to do so? Gladwell’s failure to answer these and other questions leaves...
...rarities and live tracks to keep avid collectors interested. This results in the first worthwhile Smiths collection since the band split and reiterates what their fans already knew: The Smiths are one of the greatest bands in the history of popular music.The coupling of Johnny Marr’s talent for writing classic pop songs and Morrissey’s extraordinary lyrics created a song-writing duo that could compete with the likes of Strummer/Jones and Jagger/Richards (if not quite Lennon/McCartney). The Smiths are the band that Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher grew up listening to, and their influence...