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...faced an extraordinary amount of adversity during the season,” Harvard coach Brian Baise said. “We had injury after injury from day one. It just made it really hard for us to play with any consistency. At times we were able to overcome it, and at times we weren?...
...used the adversity to kind of fuel us,” co-captain Erik Kuld said. “You really start doubting yourself and doubting your team, but we were patient, and it felt great to get that monkey off our back...
...positive as many of our advances have been, we have seen catastrophes as well. The tragedy of September 11 and the rise of global terrorism remind us of the fragility of peace in our time. Natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean tsunami demonstrate the abiding power of Mother Nature, even as we burn fossil fuels at rates that put us at grave risk of irreversible climate change. And our recent pullback from an economic abyss shows us the insecurity of our global economic system, which has raised many boats but still leaves over one billion people tragically...
...citizenship means contributing to a cause larger than your own self-interest. It calls on each and every one of us to perform community service, to get involved in politics, and to join with other citizens in larger movements for change...
...citizenship calls on us to define a new catalytic and transparent role for government, one that ensures a level playing field, monitors performance, uses competition and choice, and rewards and scales up what works while recognizing and shutting down what doesn?...