Word: alberts
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...Albert Carnesale left his position as Harvard's provost and leaped into the eye of a storm as he assumed the chancellorship of the University of California at Los Angeles. Carnesale arrived at UCLA in the wake of the passage of state Proposition 209, the popularly approved initiative that barred state universities from considering race as a factor in admissions decisions. Carnesale knew that he had no choice whether to obey the law; if he did not, he would be fired...
...refusing to succumb to public opinion as the regents have, Albert Carnesale has shown that he is a discerning--and, unfortunately, unique--brand of educator who seeks to do more than just placate by means of symbolism. Instead, he has considered the university's ultimate goal and developed a means to that goal with the framework of the law. The resistance his ambitious plans have encountered suggests California's education problems may have as much to do with administrative malaise as with funding. Carnesale's brave response to these problems is far better for California's neglected minority students than...
Renowned psychologist Albert Ellis and co-author Emmett Velten challenge the orthodoxies of aging in Optimal Aging: Get Over Getting Older (Open Court). Ellis' smart, contrarian thinking will inspire many. "Ageism is a crucial fact of life in our culture, and talking openly about it is taboo. Older people--and you--had better break the taboo, not just with talk but with action. We had better do something about...
...about the world-conquering bit, the more it sounds hard. Far easier just to run a bunch of negative ads about the competition. And unlike them, I have the distinct advantage of not only being in the same building as the voting members but also being alive. I mean, Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill didn't exactly have physiques befitting Men of the Century. How much could Churchill, even at his prime, bench press? Probably not as much as me. I'm just saying...
...symbolism of his leadership, enforcing the notion of a single God and fortifying faith among his people. Great leaders, like the one illustrated by the concept of Moses, effectively use spiritual assurance of a religious nature as a crucial weapon to restrain human aggressiveness and maintain unity. ALBERT C. CUETTER El Paso, Texas...