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Bush's remarks come at a time of renaissance for the nation's 117 historically black colleges. During the 1970s, many of the best black students deserted such institutions for Ivy League schools. Today, spurred in part by racist outbreaks on predominantly white campuses, African-American students are rediscovering the nurturing atmosphere and pride in a shared heritage that made black campuses attractive to their parents' generation...
Like playing quarterback for his high school football team in Flint, Mich., pitching for the University of Michigan, earning the 1987 Sullivan Award as America's best amateur athlete, winning the gold-medal baseball game in the Seoul Olympics and being drafted No. 1 by the Angels. Though he is expected to open the season in the AA or AAA minors, for now Abbott's shirt says ANGELS. "Just looking around at everything here," he says, "it hits you. A big- league camp...
...least good craft. Maas, who has skillfully dovetailed law-and-disorder in best sellers like Serpico and The Valachi Papers, proves adept at joining history to melodrama and to convincing plot twists with slightly implausible characterizations. A middle-aged New York City adman named McGuire turns into a modified James Bond to investigate the disappearance of a headstrong son, a Harvard student who was mixed up with running guns to the I.R.A. McGuire's metamorphosis may strain credulity, but his motives are authentically rooted in strong parental emotions...
Those who have worked closely with Bush say his best traits -- his energy, enthusiasm and gregariousness -- can be his worst enemies, sometimes leading him to strike out in all directions at once. Bush is most effective, associates say, when he has a strong and respected deputy to help him choose priorities and stick with them. He allowed campaign manager James Baker to play that role last fall, but in the White House he has so far denied such authority to Sununu. Bush entered the Oval Office determined to shed his image as an accident-prone candidate who needed extensive handling...
...screen his phone calls or parcel out all staff assignments. Instead, Bush deals directly and informally with a wide range of aides, Cabinet secretaries and outside visitors. A senior Administration official observes that Bush operates as "his own chief of staff" in many ways, as well as "his own best intelligence agent...