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...happy to hawk his goods through the television shopping channel qvc. He laments the disintegration of the small-town community in favor of suburban culture, but has licensed his name to a new suburban development, the Village at Hidden Brook, in Vallejo, California, that is being constructed to conform to the vision presented in his works. He is also a savvy businessman. His title at MAGI is simply Artistic Director and Co-Founder, but his stake in the company is about 25%. His attempt earlier this year to buy back MAGI's publicly traded shares was rebuffed by the board...
...prove there's a new sheriff in town, ready to take a more hawkish, assertive posture on foreign policy. What's far less clear is whether the tough talk is simply a way to distance himself from Clinton, the posturing of an unsettled Administration that has yet to conform its rhetoric to its policies?or the harbinger of sharp confrontations to come...
...prove there's a new sheriff in town, ready to take a more hawkish, assertive posture on foreign policy. What's far less clear is whether the tough talk is simply a way to distance himself from Clinton, the posturing of an unsettled Administration that has yet to conform its rhetoric to its policies--or the harbinger of sharp confrontations to come...
...power is in the hands of these states' textbook-selection committees (especially the ones in Texas, California and Florida). The stakes are huge: the $3.5 billion in annual textbook sales is greater than the sales of all hardcover books to adults. Textbooks are superficial in part because they must conform to state standards, which are often encyclopedic in scope. But "the weakest link in the chain," according to education researcher Harriet Tyson, is "textbook evaluation." Most committee members have little time to examine texts thoroughly, frequently making decisions based on splashy graphics and frills like CD-ROMs...
...recommendations of Wechsler's that do not conform to Harvard's existing policies have received little notice from the administrators. The idea of a dry campus--something Wechsler considers a viable policy choice--has never come up in administrative circles, Lewis says...