Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Humpty Dumpty back together again if we try the wrong experiment. Forstmann, who has a history of good works, is doing good here by playing out the idea that the poor shouldn't be a captive audience for bad schools. Forstmann has demonstrated the demand side. Perhaps, as a Master of the Universe, he'll move on to the supply side next and save us all from storefront McSchools, which are sure to follow the money. Or better yet, he could just keep the scholarships flowing. That's the best way to keep politics...
...wrong with this picture? Nothing, as far as it goes. Sending hundreds of disadvantaged kids to superior schools is better than building another mansion in Aspen. And throwing money at a problem, contrary to popular wisdom, generally does help solve it. As Forstmann strides into the room like the Master of the Universe he is (he has made a fortune buying up Gulfstream Aerospace, Dr Pepper and General Instrument, among others), I'm prepared to give the attention due a dealmaker bringing his can-do attitude to social problems. Remember the appeal of Ross Perot's tinkering under the hood...
...when they started out thousands of years ago, embraced the dark side. They were greedy and self-centered and they all wanted to take over, so they killed each other. Eventually, there was only one left, and that one took on an apprentice. And for thousands of years, the master would teach the apprentice, the master would die, the apprentice would then teach another apprentice, become the master, and so on. But there could never be any more than two of them, because if there were, they would try to get rid of the leader, which is exactly what Vader...
...JINN Episode I --Jedi master and mentor to Obi-Wan. Has a history of quarreling with the Jedi Council; recognizes the Force in Anakin...
...living organisms will be brought about by people, by a mushrooming population that has doubled in 40 years, to 6 billion, and by human carelessness and commerce. In the 21st century, which Raven would like to see called "the age of biology," he says we must learn to "master the diversity of living organisms and use the properties of those organisms as a kind of palette to build sustainability...