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...school teacher. His son Dale R. Cline was a member of the board and also groomed the school grounds. After cycling through several board members and surviving one aborted takeover attempt, the senior Cline resigned last summer. His son, who freely admits "my background's not education," took the helm with another manager and opened the school with a new charter and a different sponsor...
...Garza problem reawakens a perception that Ashcroft has worked to overcome since taking office: that he is insensitive to minorities and racial issues. The biggest issue during his stormy confirmation hearings was his campaign, as senator, against a federal judgeship for Ronnie White, an African American. Since taking the helm at DOJ, Ashcroft has announced a series of minority appointments - his deputy, who just took office, is black, for instance - and said two of his top priorities are racial profiling and voting rights. Is there any clearer example of racial profiling than the fact that in every case from...
...This development, of course, puts the FBI right back on the front pages - precisely the spot Freeh had hoped so fervently to avoid during his final months at the helm of the Bureau. Instead of spending his last weeks making the rounds through his old stomping grounds, raising a glass to colleagues, Freeh will spend a considerable amount of time (time which began Wednesday before a House committee) facing down seething legislators on the warpath. Freeh, in other words, is in for a rough couple of weeks...
...leader," says Carp, a tall, hulking, 30-year Kodak veteran and an avid hoops player who took over the helm from George Fisher more than a year ago. "You trust your memories to a brand synonymous with pictures...
...half hour conversation pedagogical ideals were debated and moral standards called to task. For a brief moment, students’ voices found a direct route to a respectful and seemingly receptive future administrator. For a small segment of the Harvard population, the faceless man who will soon take the helm of the University was humanized...