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Blewett also uses his background to reinforce his self-image. He says he feels that a number of his problems last year were caused by a lack of confidence in himself as an athlete, and that realizing his own worth in that regard helped him immeasurably...
...teammates react to the kicker who won’t just blend into the background...
...asked at the end, ‘So what’s the background for this?’” the student said. “She said, ‘We’re trying to look at people who’ve come in the country recently.’ I don’t blame them, it’s part of their job, but clearly they’re not calling up French-born students...
...band has pushed forward the musical style of many of its members from the keyboardist, Alex Zander Gordon 04, who learned to play fewer notes and be funkier, to Scheuer, who has had to meld his rock and roll background into the spirit of funk. The band is full of jazz musicians who play funk and funk musicians who play jazz, he says. Its about listening and adaption of music for the good of the group...
...Harvard, all of the schools benefited, but, owing largely to Pusey’s background as a devout Episcopalian, the Divinity School won big—increased funding propelled it to new heights...