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Conversely, superstars such as Rickey Henderson, Barry Bonds and Albert Belle have been vilified in the press as self-centered millionaires whose attitude negates their talent...
Ellis Burks leads the league in slugging percentage, Mark McGwire goes yard about every other game or so, and Albert Belle has a chance to become only the second player ever to record back-to-back 50-home run seasons. The first was Babe Ruth...
Early retired and recently widowed, Albert Schmidt is at a lonely but attractive crossroads, contemplating his fate somewhere in Bridgehampton, Long Island, a summer sporting grounds for New York City's diverse meritocracy. Schmidt's own credentials are hard-earned: a sheepskin from Harvard and a partnership at a leading Manhattan law firm. He also belongs to a high caste: the Wasp establishment that first built the shingled 14-room "cottages" and exclusive country clubs of the Hamptons...
...fact, a new spirit of compromise is evident across the country. Albert Shanker, the longtime head of the A.F.T. who was once a symbol of teacher militancy, has been quick to support such contested measures as teacher standards. In Illinois 40 school districts belong to the Consortium for Education Change, begun by the state N.E.A. affiliate, which promotes cooperative efforts among unions, schools and parents. In Glenview, Illinois, for example, teachers have adopted a "constitution" rather than a contract and become active participants in reform...
...Provost Albert Carnesale announced in May that two plans were under consideration ranging from a $100 cap for individuals to a $500 cap for families. The plans differ mainly in how they are structured, not necessarily in how much employees would have to pay, he said...