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Following the annual evaluation, Fowler-Finn vowed to make a greater effort to listen to his critics. The superintendent’s supporters also point out that Fowler-Finn has continued to enjoy the support of the Cambridge Teachers Association, and that most of the parents testifying at School Committee meetings have spoken in his favor...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Committee Goes Private on Superintendent's Contract | 8/17/2006 | See Source »

...also known as the U.S. national team, he's the CEO of a daunting turnaround project to restore America's basketball and sporting pride. And despite his outward cool, he was scared stiff when he signed on. "Because it's not Duke now, I'm saying, 'Will they actually listen?'" says Krzyzewski (pronounced Sha-shef-skee) in the nasal baritone of a high school chemistry teacher. It's a demeanor that deftly shades one of the fiercest competitors in sports. "If you don't have anxieties, you might as well drop in the old coffin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way of K | 8/14/2006 | See Source »

...with Snakes on a Plane directness, Let's Rob Mick Jagger. The folks at ABC changed the title to Let's Rob ..., then to the head-scratching The Knights of Prosperity. At some point, one suspects, they will redub it Please Don't Watch This Sitcom, but don't listen to them. This blue-collar heist comedy is a riot by any name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Unavoidable, Unmissable and Uncovered This Fall | 8/13/2006 | See Source »

...this CEO in charge of a daunting turnaround project to restore America's basketball and sporting pride felt a pang that belies his outward cool, but is familiar to even the best execs. He was scared stiff. Because it's not Duke now, I'm saying, "Will they actually listen?" explains Krzyzewski in the nasal baritone of high school chemistry teacher. It's a demeanor that deftly shades one of the fiercest competitors in all sports. "If you don't have anxieties, you might as well drop in the old coffin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coach K Gets Down to Business | 8/11/2006 | See Source »

...little Hebrew, which I'd learned in Israel. Yes, I had family in the country: my husband, stepson and children. No, I had not volunteered on a kibbutz. And so on. When finally the time of my flight's departure passed, I leaned forward and said to the agent: "Listen, I'm not Jewish." "Well, nobody's perfect," he said, and put me on the next flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Toughest Airline Security of All | 8/10/2006 | See Source »

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