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...word from Austin is that if George W. Bush becomes our next president, he would like to appoint three blacks to high-level positions - Colin Powell as Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice as National Security Adviser and a third person yet to be named. Powell and Rice would be serving in government posts more important than those held by any other African American - even in the Administration of a certain Democrat who bragged that he wanted his Cabinet to "look like America." That's a huge irony, considering that 92% of blacks slapped aside Bush's claim...
Simmons, the first black and second woman to lead an Ivy League school, is highly regarded by both her peers and students at Smith College. Described by one student as the "most respected person on campus," she has been a tireless advocate for diversity in higher education. Simmons also has the reputation for being accessible to undergraduates, a quality far too rare among high-level administrators. She should prove a better fit for Brown University than E. Gordon Gee, its most recent president, who shocked the campus community by resigning after only two years at the post...
...time the motorcade reached the Plaza, fewer than a thousand votes separated the two candidates--forcing a high-level meeting in Gore's secure room at the Plaza...
...youngsters have responded admirably to the pressure of high-level collegiate soccer, leading Harvard to a No. 8 ranking in the region. Yale is just behind at No. 9, and both teams are on the rise...
...trouble started several weeks back when Dreamtime reps--led by CEO Bill Foster--made the rounds in Hollywood for a series of high-level pitch meetings. If there's one thing that defines the way entertainment-industry suits conduct business, it's the pitch meeting, where high-concept ideas (think Die Hard meets Sense and Sensibility) get tossed about, directors' names are freely floated, and stars are vaguely said to be "attached." Into this fantasy factory stepped Foster--who previously worked as a furniture maker, a graphic designer and a vice president at Excite.com before striking...