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...Washington office for a big California law firm. He was two years away from being named counselor to Ronald Reagan's Attorney General and four away from becoming one of the youngest judges ever to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Starr had checked into the Hyatt to cram for the D.C. bar exam, but the National Governors' Association was meeting there, and the elevator was crowded with political people. Among them was a newly elected Southern Governor whom Starr couldn't help recognizing. "He was quite robustly self-confident... He had to be the youngest Governor...
Following this philosophy, we would like Mayer to consider other improvements, such as extending the meal hours in certain houses. Winthrop House's dining hall stays open 24 hours, and residents often make use of the free drinks and snacks during late-night cram sessions. Students would be grateful to see these extended hours in more dining halls...
With spring break just around the corner, students are beginning to get all their travel gear in order. Packing clothes, books and CDs and finding just the right way to cram in those last minute additions consume the final minutes of packing and preparation. Flagging down a taxicab while weighed down with too much luggage is a last-minute ritual, too. But there is one final thing to remember: the tickets. Those airline tickets, which were received three months ago from faraway parents, are now nowhere to be found. As one stresses out in the last few minutes before...
...upside-down V, and an F resembles an upside-down L.) He powered the Pilot with AAA batteries, available everywhere. And he settled on four function buttons--for calendar, addresses, to-do list and memos--because those were the most commonly used applications. Whenever someone urged him to cram more functions into the unit, Hawkins held fast. "There were a lot of battles," he says. "But I just said no, we have to keep it simple...
...British stars, innocent of the intricacies of U.S. politics (imagine an American actor cast as Prime Minister Tony Blair or Northern Ireland firebrand Ian Paisley), had a few all-night cram sessions. Lester studied the career of the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, an early black supporter of Clinton's, and read The Power Game: How Washington Works by Hedrick Smith. Says Thompson: "The areas of my ignorance are vast and arid. I read Politics for Dummies; I saw the documentary The War Room; and I learned a wee bit about women in American politics. It's impressive what women...