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...them? Birth rates, while short of baby-boom levels, are nonetheless robust, tightening the competition for spots in the best schools. At the same time, almost all those schools have democratized their admissions policies, meaning it's no longer just the elite who can attend. With competition getting ever keener, kids have to do ever more to distinguish themselves...
...them? Birth rates, while short of baby-boom levels, are nonetheless robust, tightening the competition for spots in the best schools. At the same time, almost all those schools have democratized their admissions policies, meaning it's no longer just the ?lite who can attend. With competition getting ever keener, kids have to do ever more to distinguish themselves...
...June at the latest, the NFL will announce a realignment plan with a keener eye towards location in order to accommodate the Houston Texans in 2002. Those fictitious eight-year olds who use the NFL standings as their trusty atlas will finally have a fighting a chance in our nation's schools--unless they're from Dallas...
Gore has always been at his best in a policy fight and has often had a keener sense than those around him of which fights to pick. He argued, for instance, that Bill Clinton should engage the Republicans by offering a balanced budget in 1995 (a move that enraged congressional Democrats); in the government shutdowns that ensued, Gore counseled switching course and standing firm against them. Both moves worked, the first giving Clinton the credibility he needed to pull off the second. "Gore basically realized that the Republicans did not want to deal--that they wanted a surrender...
...baby daughter, Naomi-Rose, born Dec. 23 last year to Janis Freedman, 41, the author's fifth wife. Seated in his office at Boston University and sporting a jaunty blue paisley ascot and rumpled suit, Bellow talks animatedly about the new arrival: "I think that she's much keener on entering into some connection with her parents than the boys were. [Bellow has three grown sons, the eldest 56, from previous marriages.] She picks up everything--you can watch her face while she's examining you silently, grinning a little bit. She imitates...