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WASHINGTON, D.C.: New Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, elected Wednesday, insists that he will concentrate first on filling Bob Dole's shoes, rather than changing the style of the Senate: "Our agenda will be the same as Bob Dole laid out for us." Lott, whose manner is tougher than Dole's, reassured reporters after the Senate vote that he will not set a more combative tone in his chamber. TIME's James Carney reports: "Even though Lott retains close ties to the House, especially to Newt Gingrich who studied at his knee, he has become wise to the ways...
Neither Bibigate nor the self-satisfied smirk nor the American manner prevented Israelis from going for the whole package, not just the polish but the steel underneath. If the younger, tougher, smoother candidate raced to the top almost before his resume built up to it, the slimmest of majorities was persuaded that his youthful energy and conservative caution hold the greater promise. Voters concluded that Bibi's there is there, and it belongs in the Prime Minister's office...
...manner in which our current Ph.D.s are faring in the job market does not tell us much about what we should do about graduate admissions," Shepsle says. "I think the general feeling is that the academic marketplace is contracting a bit and we ought to be a little prudent but not overreact...
According to Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs James H. Rowe III '73, Rudenstine has preferred to make his influence in Washington known in a behind-the-scenes manner through writing letters to, calling and meeting with representatives and their aides. By working on a personal level, Rudenstine has had a great deal of success in influencing national issues such as federal funding for higher education, Rowe says...
...first four months of 1996. The two managers are a study in contrasting philosophies. Whereas Vinik made sweeping bets on entire sectors of the economy, like technology, Stansky methodically studies individual companies and favors blue-chip stocks over the small- and medium-size companies that Vinik preferred, in the manner of his mentor Peter Lynch. "Stansky will be a good fit," says Don Phillips, president of Morningstar, which tracks mutual funds. "What was always a little difficult for Vinik was that he was trying to run Magellan as if it were a smaller, more flexible fund." Stansky's approach promises...