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...always struggled over the course of her husband’s political career to make America believe that she really is a Barbara Bush-type supporter, that she really wants her husband to succeed in front her. And that is what she needs to play up??rather than push down—as she steps into the country’s brightest spotlight. Certainly, many Americans have learned that she’s not a “cookies and tea” woman. Many know she’s tough and know she’s smart...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The “growing up?? tale is a staple of college newspapers. Its formulaic version involves some small event convincing the narrator of his or her newfound maturity, thus spawning an epiphany: he or she belongs in the Real World. Having read a fair number of such pieces and, in highbrow manner, dismissed virtually all of them as hopelessly cliché, it was with reluctance, and even embarrassment, that over the past week, I realized I was living through...
...offer radical inventions to consumers without testing them. They try out novel ideas on small groups and abandon most of them, rather than ostentatiously announcing them to the entire world as the way of the future.Understand a problem before you try to solve it. “Shaking things up??—making random changes to a system rather than analyzing its operation—is irrational and usually makes it run worse. Making changes that affect people’s lives without considering the consequences is unethical leadership.An institution is community property, and if the owners...
...rapid change was just what the presidential search committee was looking for and, seemingly, just what Harvard needed. After a decade in which the University was relatively stagnant in most respects other then its endowment figures and clandestine land-purchases in Allston, Harvard had much ground to make-up??the once-per-generation Harvard College Curricular Review and the largest physical expansion of Harvard’s in its history hung in the balance. In 2001, Harvard was rich, but hadn’t yet found a way to buy a new lease on life. Summers showed...
...square off against the top-ranked Wildcats. The Crimson made a strong effort but was ultimately overwhelmed by UNH’s skill and speed in a 3-1 loss. The defeat ended a campaign that began a mystery, became a disappointment, and wound up??given its gritty post-season performance—a vindication.Harvard started the 2005-06 season having lost its top five scorers from a year ago: record-setting forward Nicole Corriero and all-star defenseman Ashley Banfield to graduation, and Julie Chu, Caitlin Cahow, and Sarah Vaillancourt to represent their countries in the Winter...