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...Such frustrations apart, familiarity with the Army has not bred contempt, or at least not much. All the answers were not, as it turned out, to be found among the heaps of rules and procedures and training manuals that we waded through every day. Nor in the distant and anonymous warrior-bureaucracy. Rather, the virtuous were nearby and all had faces. Recruiters take note: It is a powerful selling point, to get to know these drill sergeants and lieutenant colonels and soldiers who patrol this encased little corner of the world. I bade them all farewell with real fondness...
...already scratched the cards to receive savings at Bigwords.com. The long lines at the Coop, the mind-boggling credit card bills and the "I can't believe a few sheets of printed paper could cost that much money" speeches from my parents were quickly fading into a distant memory. Or so I thought...
...museum on the Charles River might be in Harvard's distant future, but support for a theater within the museum seems to have dried up--adding another complication to the College's performance space crunch...
...investment banker. New York's interim superintendent was a Citigroup executive. San Diego's leader was a U.S. Attorney. Chicago's Vallas says the trend toward hiring local leaders as school superintendents serves schools better than the earlier practice of luring high-profile educators from sometimes distant districts. "When you bring someone in from another state, it takes them six months to figure out where to park," he says. "Forget about familiarizing themselves with the political landscape." Career educators are skeptical about lawyers and M.B.A.s running school systems. "You wouldn't want a doctor who has no skills but just...
...Speaking of the not-too-distant future, when was it that the Planet of the Apes was supposed to occur? GT always loved to show those damned dirty apes. The Y2K bug was supposed to ruin the economy. It totally choked. A shame, really. Not a clutch player...