Word: prowess
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...topped three of the Journals’s past six annual rankings. HBS placed eighth when the Journal first debuted its rankings in 2001. According to the Journal, prestigious business schools like Harvard and Stanford did not rank in the top ten despite the schools’ academic prowess. According to the Journal, “academic quality isn’t the primary concern of most survey respondents.” “While recognizing the brainpower of their students and faculty, recruiters complain that they often find graduates of some of the most prestigious institutions more arrogant...
...been chasing since the opening of its season but also held the nation’s 10th-best team—a team that had racked up 13 goals against its last two non-conference opponents—to a single goal.Harvard looks to maintain its defensive prowess this Saturday when it travels to Providence, R.I., to face Ivy League opponent Brown.—Staff writer Courtney M. Petrouski can be reached at petrousk@fas.harvard.edu.“Forget the record,” Crimson coach Sue Caples said. “This was good hockey. We battled Connecticut...
...want to win right now.”HARVARD 4, NORTHEASTERN 0In the opening round of the Harvard Invitational, the Crimson played the role of overbearing host, easily dispelling the Huskies by a 4-0 tally.Harvard thoroughly outshot Northeastern (2-3), 18-5, and dominated play with its offensive prowess throughout the match. The stats were spread across the squad, as three players registered a goal and six got off shots.Freshman Andre Akpan continued to impress, registering two assists, while sophomore Micheal Fucito put two balls into the back of the Huskies net for the Crimson?...
Abdul Salaam Rocketi, a former frontline Mujahedin commander in Afghanistan, earned a surname that reflects his prowess with rocket-propelled grenades and spent eight months in detention after U.S.-led forces drove out the Taliban in 2001. Now, as a member of the Afghan parliament, he encourages his former Taliban comrades to reconcile with the government of President Hamid Karzai. But he can't visit his constituency in the southern district of Zabul because security is terrible and he's received too many assassination threats. Rocketi is grateful for foreign aid, but frustrated that donors regularly cough up so much...
...advantage. The danger for Hizballah is that when the level of destruction fully sinks in, Lebanese leaders and ordinary citizens may well hold the group accountable for triggering Israel's wrath. For the time being, however, even Hizballah's critics are mainly silent, no doubt in deference to the prowess that Hizballah guerrillas have shown against Israel's more powerful armed forces. In Beirut's southern suburbs, where the group's bulldozers have cleared massive piles of rubble from the streets, Hizballah has planted bright red banners declaring MADE IN USA at the sites of destroyed buildings. At Mehdi High...