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Stories like Matt's have caught the eye of school administrators, leading to a nationwide movement toward career academies. For many kids, especially those who feel disconnected from traditional coursework and don't excel at things like sports or drama club, these "schools within schools" provide an exciting connection between classwork and a fulfilling career. They also manage, through the breadth of their recruiting and their subject offerings, to avoid much of the stigma once associated with shop and vocational classes...
Once clunky, overpriced gadgets that did little more than store phone numbers and addresses, handhelds are being reincarnated as sleek wireless accessories that let you do anything from find the nearest Lebanese restaurant to edit an Excel spreadsheet--all while standing in an elevator or waiting at a bus stop. PDAs are on their way to becoming the next must-have gadgets, like cell phones, showing up in the hands of everyone from Puffy to Rosie. Michael Jordan is reportedly planning his own signature Palm. Someday your PDA may even become your cell phone, electronic wallet and personal entertainment system...
...Strip. Run by aides of Yasir Arafat, it was not your usual camp. Campers are given "the chance to stage a mock kidnapping of an Israeli leader by masked Palestinian commandos, ending with the Israeli bodyguards sprawled dead on the ground," the Times reported. "There is the opportunity to excel in stripping and reassembling a real Kalashnikov rifle." No doubt, the camp was organized in preparation for Arafat?s "peace of the brave...
...August 1998, PoP, only 35, died after a brief battle with cancer. The loss shook Cheiron. PoP had been the studio's musical mastermind, says Zomba's Dodd, and "had an aura around him that made everyone excel." But the industry didn't stop for even a second of silence. The work had to go on. Martin took the musical reins, while studio co-founder Tom Talomaa continued to oversee the business side. They kept Cheiron's modus operandi - plenty of video-game breaks, practical jokes and the like - that PoP had instituted. And the music actually got bigger, with...
...court, Harvard co-captain Deepak Abraham is the consummate professional. He is stoic and focused, and he is determined to make every shot count. He's also got a lot to teach his fellow opponents because he too has played throughout the world and knows what it means to excel...