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...scene is a representative one in the political life of a man whose energy, earnestness and sheer charisma drove those who met him to awe. Morris??€™ new biography, Theodore Rex, covers in dramatic detail the Roosevelt administrations (1901-9) and, more importantly, their leader, whom more than one commentator characterized as the supreme political personality of his time. The previous installment of Morris??€™ Roosevelt trilogy, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, won a Pulitzer Prize...
What comes across with striking clarity in this biography are two things: Roosevelt’s vigor and his endless supply of moral confidence. As a politician and as a private person, the man was nervy. Morris??€™ title refers to a comment from Henry James that fairly summed up his autocratic style of leadership as he tore through opposition—foreign and domestic—to achieve what he considered the only moral outcomes. Opposition, such as he saw at Harvard, was lazy and callow: “Those who remain on the sidelines...
Among the honorees were some of Harvard’s top playmakers this year—whose feats included Fried’s last-minute goal-line interception to seal The Game against Yale, Balestracci’s trick-play lateral to Kingston earlier that same day, and Morris??€™s two touchdown receptions that sparked a comeback against Penn to clinch the league championship...
...goals will come. For now, it’s enough that Crothers—and Grumet-Morris??€”are healthy and giving Harvard a chance...
Harvard sophomore goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris??€”fresh off his first two collegiate wins last weekend, for which he received ECAC goalie of the week honors—had a difficult night in net. He played the whole game, making 20 stops...