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...hadn't really thought through the implications of bringing to an already very crowded area a magnet that would draw two to three million people a year," said former University President Derek C. Bok. "That came as a bit of a shock and resulted in a sudden decision to relocate the library...

Author: By By JOSHUA E. gewolb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Harvard Vice President Named Head of Kennedy Foundation | 8/4/2000 | See Source »

...enough, I later discovered I was the ultimate tourist when I schlepped through endless souvenir shops searching for the perfect Union Jack pencil case for my sister, boxers for my boyfriend and tie for my dad. Somehow I didn't mind examining every London beer stein and every London magnet in every single store while my friend looked ready to strangle me along with every other foreigner in sight...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Courage to Fly | 7/7/2000 | See Source »

Four years ago, California Congressman David Dreier argued on the House floor that states should not have to pay to educate illegal-immigrant kids in public schools. "We are trying to decrease the magnet which draws people illegally into this country," said Dreier, a Republican then known as an immigration hard-liner. Now, however, Dreier is just as emphatically championing his bill to bring more foreigners into the U.S. to do high-tech jobs. "Without these professionals, the prosperity we are enjoying today will be threatened," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Tech vs. Low Tech: Send Me Your Wired | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...already been a wrestling announcer, sportswriter and flight attendant. When Eastern Airlines closed, an event he later recognized as "a blessing in disguise," Loper sought a more meaningful career. He became first a classroom English teacher and later the head counselor at Chamblee High School, a magnet school outside Atlanta. He no longer has doubts about his present or his future. "When you can look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I helped a young person be a better human being today,' that is a great reward," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Careers: Why Not Teach Next? | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

...ever, there are plenty of big brains on both sides, generally arrayed in accordance with their political leanings. However, Gore's plan of debt reduction is a magnet for serious economists - it's one thing that pretty much everybody agrees is a good thing. And for every futurist who screams "Dow 50,000," there are two who wonder if the markets are something to be betting America's retirement on. Though very Democratic, Gore's status quo variation is also very conservative (with a small "c"). Old people and academics tend to support that sort of thing, and if Gore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush, Gore and Social Security | 5/17/2000 | See Source »

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