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...said. “They found it interesting academically, but they also found that it could help them lead more fulfilling lives.” “Psychology of Leadership” evolved from a seminar Ben-Shahar taught on leadership last year. A veteran of the Israeli army and an intercollegiate squash champion, Ben-Shahar said “Positive Psychology” is the class he would have wanted to take as an undergraduate. “I ask myself in particular what I would have wanted to know, what would have benefited...
President Bushmay wave away Democratic critics of domestic eavesdropping, but one challenger is proving harder to dismiss: Heather Wilson, a plainspoken Air Force veteran from New Mexico and four-term G.O.P. Congresswoman little known outside of national-security circles. As chair of the House subcommittee that authorizes technical intelligence, she has waged a behind-the-scenes battle for access to information about the controversial surveillance program since word of it leaked in December. She won a significant victory last week. After she called for a full investigation of the spying, the White House ended 54 days of stonewalling...
...main jobs here is to discriminate the best students from the next best.”“You’re not really doing your job if you’re all the time smiling,” Mansfield added.Does the 44-year veteran of the Harvard government department faculty smile himself? “I do smile a lot, but I’m not always trying to keep from hurting students’ self-esteem,” Mansfield answered.“The difficulty with doing something about grade inflation is that...
...band was great.” Some students pointed out ways in which future pub nights could be improved. Anthony D. Tijero ’09 suggested more hip-hop music, while Nicolae Done ’09 wanted U.V, lights.Joyce E. Jauer ’06, a veteran of pub night, said that pub nights have helped the College improve social life.“The other pub nights had fun decorations and costumes and it gave them a nice atmosphere. The music is always great. The University needs more outlets for social life and I think Pub nights...
While it may be Hamri’s first crack at directing movies, Lathan is a well-known veteran in the African American cinema market. She has come a long way since she played the gauche tomboy in “Love and Basketball.” As a basketball star, she was young, vigorous, rough-and-ready. As Kenya the corporate guru, she is mature, graceful, and sophisticated. And in both parts she allows her character’s hidden sensitivity to subtly, but clearly, shine through...