Word: leadership
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...speech at the ARCO Forum in December 1997, Gephardt attacked the Democratic leadership--and the Clinton administration--for trying to "market a political strategy masquerading as policy...
...stopped him from exporting more Congolese gold last year than any other nation in the region--trade he swears was legitimate. Congo's civil war has destroyed what was once a promising personal alliance between Kabila and Museveni, men who seemed to embody a new kind of progressive African leadership. "Museveni is a nigger like Mobutu," Kabila says of his onetime ally. "He's an exploiter." Says Museveni: "Kabila was always weak, but I didn't know he would also be so treacherous...
...that jockeying for political and economic advantage that has splintered the central-African alliance. Oil-rich Angola, under the leadership of Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has supported Kabila since they began fighting together to unseat Mobutu at the end of 1996. Namibia, in support of Angola, has sent a small force to support Kabila. Zimbabwe's leader, Robert Mugabe, has sent 10,000 soldiers to Kabila's assistance. In return, Kabila has promised Zimbabwe a slice of Congo's economic pie: lucrative contracts with Congo's mining conglomerate and the protection of investments by Mugabe cronies...
Unfortunately, by allowing Silber to choose his own successor, Gov. Cellucci has once again failed to take a real leadership role in improving the administration of education in Massachusetts. Silber's anti-public school influence will still be felt through Peyser, whose educational philosophy leans towards privatization of the system and greater emphasis on charter schools. Nevertheless, Board members who opposed Silber are cautiously optimistic about Peyser's ability to communicate and cooperate...
DiMaggio was a great man for any era; he was strong, quiet and dignified. His accomplishments--a .325 lifetime batting average, 361 home runs, a 56-game hitting streak in 1941--tell only part of the story. His poise on the field and quiet leadership of the great Yankees dynasty of the 1940's are legendary as well. And, unlike so many celebrities now and in DiMaggio's day alike, he dealt with the spotlight of fame as gracefully as he dealt with fly balls...