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...transformation seems, on the surface, improbable. The dispositions of these two executives could not be more dissimilar. Whereas TR was known for his vigor and zeal, Obama’s presidency is remarkable for its cool. But perhaps this is changing. In his recent meeting with House Republicans, Obama took fire from the opposition on a national broadcast and appeared, for the first time in a long time, to be the proverbial man in the arena, brow marred with sweat. The president systematically dismissed many Republican counterarguments as mere political posturing—something fresh, something promising...
...weekend that the Crimson rested many of its team members, a handful of competitors traveled to the Boston University Track and Tennis Center for the Terrier Invitational, while three women took part in the Harvard Multi-Meet, affording some a chance to post strong times while others rested in preparation for a stretch of big meets...
Although the Crimson did not compete as a team, the squad took its ample individual success as a sign of potential for the upcoming weeks...
...filled out a field of 10 pentathletes at Gordon Track over the weekend. Sophomores Nicole Sliva and Christine Reed bested their seeds, finishing just two points apart to take third and fourth in the event. Rookie Mary Hirst—winner in the shot put event—also took ninth in her first multi event. Dartmouth had a comparable showing at the meet, claiming first, fifth, sixth, and eighth...
...National Association of College and University Business Officers recently released an analysis legitimizing common knowledge about the suckiness of our endowment, but 24/7 Wall St. took it a step further, calling us the worst at managing money (based on both percent and absolute dollar loss) among 842 institutions with endowments greater than $1 billion...