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...continuous improvement. Toyota engineers will push a perfectly good assembly line until it breaks down. Then they'll find and fix the flaw and push the system again. That's kaizen. That's Tiger." These words were written after Woods' first reconstruction of his golf swing, a revamping he undertook after winning the 1997 Masters by a record 12 strokes. Despite his continued dominance, he has made major changes to his swing at least two more times in the past decade. "He has taken the greatest game in history, broken it and put together something better," says Valiante...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiger at the Masters: An Ultimate Test of Toughness | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

Kopstain arrived at Harvard in 2005, following nearly two decades in budget administration at Dartmouth and Northwestern University. When Giancotti departed, Kopstain, who was then director of the budget, undertook her responsibilities in addition...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Three Admins Named To FAS | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...matchup seemed to magnify the preparation Harvard undertook all season long and the quality of its players. No. 1 Gemmell once again didn’t seem to fret, swiftly defeating her opponents in three games, as she has done all season...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Squash Captures National Title | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...Obviously, the financial system undertook excessive risk,” he said. “The banks didn’t do what they were supposed to do, which was to allocate capital, manage risk, run a payments mechanism, and do it all at low transaction costs...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stiglitz Faults Fed, Banks For Crisis | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

...wrong number.) Slovakian officials described the oversight as a "silly and unprofessional mistake" and apologized to the Irish. But in a statement from the Slovakian Interior Ministry, the government took exception to the arrest of the passenger: "[For an] incomprehensible reason, [the police] took the person into custody and undertook further security measures ... After explaining the situation, our citizen was released with no further consequences." (See the top 10 inept terrorist plots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passenger Found with Explosives! (Sorry, Just a Test) | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

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