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Growing up in Waterville, Me., George Mitchell was best known as "the brother of Johnny, Paul and Robbie Mitchell." Overshadowed by his basketball- star siblings, George decided to excel in other ways. Last week he attained a pinnacle of sorts when he was chosen majority leader of the U.S. Senate over two colleagues with more seniority, Hawaii's Daniel Inouye and Louisiana's J. Bennett Johnston. In that role, Mitchell will be the Democrats' most visible counterpoint to another fellow with Maine connections: George Bush, of Kennebunkport...
...office. There are plenty of rumors regarding a Kennedy bid for governor in 1990 or senator in '92. If he tries to do either, Massachusetts loses. Kennedy has been a successful representative in the House because he has listened to the advice of his fellow representatives and his well-chosen staff. He has been able to focus on issues that interest him while ignoring others. As senator or governor he will not be able to hide as easily, and his weaknesses will become obvious...
About 56 teachers submitted proposals to the Partnership and among those chosen were a project to encourage interaction between bilingual and English-speaking students and a pen pal program between the Peabody school and a suburban elementary school...
Each group has both a female and a male leader, but the choice has nothing to do with biking experience, Collins says. "The leaders are chosen based on knowledge of the program. It isn't a leader-oriented trip--it is more like a community...
...Jews must balance the fact that they are not in the same situation as Israeli citizens--they don't serve in the army or pay taxes--with the fact that they care passionately about the state created for their people. In the last few months many American Jews have chosen to criticize Israel but only selectively. And that's the problem...