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Ambady, an assistant professor of psychology, was awarded for her "fundamental contributions to understanding accuracy of social judgments based on 'thin slices' of information," according to Janet Rutledge of the National Science Foundation...
Ever feel like taking on Bill Gates and Microsoft single-handedly? You may be surprised to learn that you don?t have to be Janet Reno to do it, or even a state attorney general. On Monday a group of regular computer users found a clause in the EULA (End User License Agreement) that comes with Microsoft software and used it to strike a blow for alternative software -- and for frustrated consumers everywhere...
There she was late Friday afternoon, once again up to her neck in yet another independent counsel dilemma and once again waiting until the last minute to announce her decision. This time the focus of Attorney General Janet Reno's concern was former White House deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes. The question: whether Ickes, who denies all wrongdoing, had lied before a Senate inquiry on campaign finances regarding administration actions supportive of the Teamsters union. Minutes before the close of business, Reno filed her decision: no independent counsel. The Friday get-out-of-town ruling assured yet another loud...
...Keegan battled with Governor--and soon to be convicted felon--Fife Symington. When she suggested that he resign, a Symington crony said she was having "a bad hair day." Last week Keegan joined Governor Jane Hull, secretary of state Betsey Bayless, treasurer Carol Springer and attorney general Janet Napolitano (the lone Democrat) in the nation's first all-female state administration. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is from the state, swore in the "Fab Five," who have captivated the national media. To Arizonans, having women run things is no big deal. The candidates did not make...
Sometimes just being there assures success. Janet Reno became the nation's second-longest-serving attorney general on Monday, logging in five years and 10 months and coming in behind only William Wirt, who put in 11 years and three months in the administrations of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. "I don't know that she's become the second-longest-serving atorney general because she's been the second most distinguished," says TIME writer Adam Cohen. She's survived "mostly because she has been the beneficiary of the fact that it has been too awkward for Clinton...