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...calling attention to oneself is something of an institutional trait at USA Today, for better and worse. The paper hasn't cultivated many star columnists or strong editorial voices, which can help give a paper an identity. The fact that many staffers, like Jurgensen, remember the paper's tentative early days helps it maintain an underdog attitude even now. But while modesty is nice, confidence--oh, let's just call it arrogance--is what makes people dream big and reach high. Competent, reliable USA Today may have become a good newspaper by trading off the swagger that makes a great...
Contrary to what faultfinders like Bloom believe, Rowling possesses the one trait that all great writers share: the ability to make the reader want to turn the page. While I've always admired Rowling as a writer, when I read of her emailing Catie Hoch and reading the fourth book aloud to her on the phone, my respect for Rowling as a person increased enormously. Please, Ms. Rowling, ignore the critics! Your understanding of the human condition clearly surpasses theirs. ELAINE PAPPAS-PUCKETT Laguna Niguel, Calif...
...vests and platform shoes, the look is industrial Goth and the music an amalgam of slow, chunky guitar over samples of synthesized voices and haunting noises punctuated by the growls of Otong. The 30-year-old, with dreads down to his waist, personifies the band's DIY ethos, a trait that has earned it a fanatical cult following and critical acclaim. After two albums and a demo in 10 years, the band has emerged as the standard-bearer of Indonesia's fledgling alternative-rock scene...
Given the competition the Harvard first varsity boat faced and the consistent margins of victory it won by, the case could be made for it being among the greatest crews in Harvard history. But the rowers themselves are not going to say that. While invincibility may be one trait of the first varsity, humility is another...
...it’s a product of spending a large portion of my last four years participating in journalism—a profession that thrives off cynicism. But given the level of acrimony I’ve witnessed on this campus, I feel pretty confident that niceness is a trait too infrequently encountered in the College’s student body...