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Despite gracing the front of a Wheaties box, Clay remains relatively unknown outside the track world. Indeed, the fact that little more than 25 people have come out to watch the man who earned silver and gold medals for the decathlon in the last two Olympics cannot be attributed solely to an uninformed Harvard community. After all, the meet is open to the public...
...visits from the world’s most accomplished individuals. Although Olympians don’t stop by as often as Nobel Laureates, Clay’s pedigree seems fitting—in addition to his medals in Athens and Beijing, the multi-event star is the reigning world indoor champion, and, despite his compact frame, boasts the best discus throw ever in a world decathlon (55.87 meters...
...course, Clay realizes that even world-class track and field athletes don’t make enough to lounge around, and it is not difficult to guess what will happen, whether or not he earns his third trip to the Olympic podium...
...Coming out of Harvard you have the expectation that somehow the world is just waiting for you to graduate to roll out the red carpet, and it’s very disorienting when they don’t,” she says. “The only ones that do are the consulting firms...
...numerous ways from most of the (very) light television I watched, but most striking and powerful was the very human and real nature of the characters and story lines. Spending time at a college where everyone dreams and imagines having a terrific career and making a difference in the world, “The Wire” was a nice reminder that in the real world, happy endings are not a guarantee (or even likely): half-measures are common, and self-interest usually reigns supreme. Neither conservative nor liberal in tone, the show is unabashedly critical of every major institution...