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...avocation, not a career. “Governor then home,” he promised, and—like all the other promises—“governor then home” he would deliver. The centrifugal force that used to pull the best and the brightest to Washington now seems to keep the idealists and the uniters from getting too close...
...build a sports stadium, and 88-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright returned enthusiastically from Baghdad last week ready to create an opera house "like nothing in the world" on an island in the Tigris ... Says a senior U.S. diplomat: "We feel Iraq is potentially if not right now the brightest spot in the area. There's hope here to build something solid." --TIME, June...
...principals are expected to retire within the next five years, their departure hastened by the pressures of the job. But Schnur, a former Clinton Administration education adviser, is not interested in addressing simply the shortfall. He aims to raise expectations for low-income children by attracting the best and brightest leaders. The program is selective: so far just 150 applicants--all with at least two years' teaching experience--have been accepted out of 2,600. The chosen few go through a summer of course work covering everything from leadership to finances, followed by a yearlong residency at a school...
...cast list is like a convocation of the Three Chinas: Taiwan's Kaneshiro, Hong Kong's Lau and the mainland's Zhang Ziyi. All are terrific, but the lady shines brightest. Fierce in a battle with eight soldiers, coquettish as she bathes before the enrapt Jin, Zhang is charisma incarnate. She is already nearing American stardom, playing the lead in Memoirs of a Geisha. You can bet she will reveal a new kind of star quality, even as the dazzling Daggers shows Hollywood how to make an action film with depth and pizazz. --By Richard Corliss
...QUESTIONS: Kanye West, hip-hop's brightest star, on God, girls and school...