Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conventional wisdom holds up tomorrow, he most certainly will...
...fully aware of the facts stacked against me. Besides That Record, there is also That Streak--nine losses in a row, and 11 losses in Harvard's last 12 games. A loss is a loss, the conventional wisdom goes, and teams that get a lot them are, well...
However, I'm going to go out on a limb and not follow that wisdom. I'm gonna say that even though Harvard has That Streak, if you look at each of the losses separately, none of them are that abysmal...
...friendship grows, compliments and commiserations, family news and professional gossip flow steadily between the two. McCarthy helps Arendt with her prose; Arendt dispenses wisdom ("Thinking does not lead to truth. Truth is the beginning of thought.") and advises McCarthy about her love life: "Nobody ever was cured of anything, trait or habit, by a mere woman ... Either you are willing to take him 'as is' or you better leave well enough alone...
Nancy Raine Reyes '97 lives in Kirkland House. Look to see more of her wit and wisdom on this page in coming weeks...