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...negative results can be used as weapons against competitors. There are few lines in scientific papers more chilling than “we could not account for the serious discrepancy between so-and-so’s data and our own.” Such open questioning of a competitor??s work could make journals of negative results into sparring grounds where rivals try to prove each other wrong...
...folly of this latter type of blocking group lies in student perceptions of competition. Yes, we have to “vanquish every competitor?? to get here, but once on a campus full of the most interesting and brilliant students in the country, it’s time to put aside our Darwinian impulses. Blocking should be based on friendship, and nothing else. Those unfortunate enough to find themselves in a blocking group that more closely resembles a political coalition will need to take advantage of House communities and extracurricular interests next year to find more genuine, trustworthy...
...this time around, only one competitor??not Siilats—cleared at 1.83 meters and Siilats was among six competitors to clear 1.79 meters, but because of her two misses at 1.75 meters and one miss at 1.79 meters, she placed just sixth...
...staff fails to perceive the difference between needless provocation of China (such as Bush’s use of the word “competitor??) and prudent, principled disagreement. By its logic, Taiwan needs no military whatsoever, since the United States is pledged to defend it. Why let the Taiwanese defend themselves if we can send American soldiers no older than the staff to die in their place...