Word: skeptics
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...approached my first of these weekend tournaments (five-on-five soccer) as a skeptic. But the students far exceeded our expectations, fielding 12 different teams (try getting every House to show up to an event in the fall) in a hard-fought weekend at the IM fields. This tournament also successfully integrated SSP and college students, with the younger contingent enthusiastically representing the majority while the older (and largely international) participants brought a measure of significant talent to the pitch...
...write of some of the stories in the book, "A skeptic would dismiss them and a believer would feel a shiver of recognition." Did you err on the side of skepticism or believing the people you interviewed...
...skeptic might observe that avoiding firm predictions is a good way of avoiding being proved wrong. As one such skeptic, I sit down for a reading with Ashby. Here's what she tells me: "You work in an industry that's very fluid" (true) and "you have a tendency to play it safe" (uh-uh). Still, Ashby's clients give enthusiastic testimony to her powers of prediction. The trader remembers only one occasion when Ashby's advice proved wrong: "She told me I would meet someone in October, but it was very busy on the market and I wasn...
...Obamas' private dinner may, in fact, be a way of avoiding political awkwardness in the Czech capital: They will not be joining President Vaclav Klaus (a skeptic on global warming) at a state dinner; nor will they be sharing delicious Czech lager at an informal pub visit with Topolanek, whose government collapsed a day before his comment about Obama's stimulus inferno. Czech sources insist that the Americans had turned down those two invitations before the Prime Minister's remark. (See pictures of the Obamas in Europe...
Pondering what to think about the Yardfest performers? First of all, if you're a skeptic, give Sara Bareilles a chance. Important people think she's pretty legit. At the very least, learn the lyrics to her popular song. You remember, the funnest part of 3EB was singing along to the two songs you knew with everyone else...