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Nonetheless, there are several problems with Mismeasure. When he departs from his string of examples and analyses and attempts to philosophize or use high-level technical terminology, the book loses its punch. His statistical sections demand too much from a popular audience and bog down the narrative, especially in his discourses on linear algebra. When he sticks to careful analysis of the I.Q. examiners, he is on much more solid ground...
...many said the University should not expect its string of multiple winners to continue forever. Advances in science at other schools will likely spread the future Nobel wealth; also, they said, Harvard's recent gains largely stem from an unusually large--and talented--group of professors hired in the mid-1950s whose work has recently reached fruition...
With a 12-1 halftime lead Pike rested goalie Richard Reid, who conceded, "It wasn't too tough out there." But even Harvard's second-string defense proved stingy, allowing the Williams offense few scoring opportunities...
They practiced hard enough to win the Pan-Am Games and finish second in the World Championships during the summer of '67. Then, after extending Harvard's string of undefeated collegiate seasons to five, they found themselves at the starting line of that amazing Olympic Trial race in Long Beach, California, which marked the first time that four American crews who had all broken the six-minute barrier for 2000 meters had ever faced each other...
...which he would presumably adjust the overall ceiling downward. A third option revealed only this weekend would be immediate reductions through administrative deferrals--spending delays that vaguely resemble the (now illegal) impoundments made famous by Richard Nixon. Congress could block the deferrals but only with an endless and unlikely string of resolutions...