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...been a dazzling bit of footwork, even for a world-class dancing man like William Bennett. Since he took office in February 1985, the brash Secretary of Education has turned himself into the most visible and surely the ) most audible member of the Reagan team. During the primaries, he flirted with various presidential aspirers who eyed him as a running mate: "I dance with all the girls," he chuckled. So was he hungry for higher office? "I'm not running for anything," he said. Amid a riptide of Administration defectees, Bennett held fast...
Education Department spokesman Loye Miller admitted that this dramatic turn-around in policy was aimed at helping Bush in the upcoming national elections. Bennett also believed his ideas were being ignored by Congress because of the its hostility toward his budget cuts, Miller says...
Meanwhile, educators agree that the Friday report's powerful argument and its widespread acceptance by the presidential candidates has made it difficult, if not impossible, for the next president or the Congress to call for the deep cuts formerly advocated by Bennett...
Eleven students work in the development office, the department responsible for the bulk of Harvard's fundraising activities. They compile lists of potential donors, says Beverly Bennett, director of development services. The student workers are not privy to donors' financial records, Bennett says...
...debate nearly two years ago with Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, Bok aligned himself with a movement that questions whether Harvard is capable of teaching anything of value. He defended decreased emphasis on Western Civilization courses, toeing an ideological line associated with opposition to "Great Books"-based curricula...