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...Call it extreme early admissions. Students argue that the practice allows them to enjoy their last year of high school without engaging in the increasingly histrionic rite of passage known as college admissions. There are other perks: schools like Alma College in Alma, Mich., give early admits dibs on dorm rooms and parking spaces. Colleges benefit the most by locking in the best and most gung-ho students-not to mention those who can afford to pay full fare...
...talk a better game than they play. To be sure, in May 1991 President François Mitterrand appointed France's first and only female Prime Minister, Edith Cresson - but she was tossed aside in less than a year. Jacques Chirac's party was led for three years by Michèle Alliot-Marie, now the Defense Minister, who is as formidable a politician as Royal and would be a potential presidential candidate herself if Sarkozy didn't have his party's nomination sewn up. But on the whole, the French political parties remain clannish clusters of ideological currents owing...
Read the stories about Ford Motor Co., and you may think things are pretty bleak in Dearborn, Mich. A new CEO, Alan Mulally, is parachuting in from Boeing, supposedly armed with turnaround tools that will put Ford in the black. One part of the company's luxury division, Aston Martin, is on the auction block, and Jaguar and Land Rover may soon follow. Wall Street has lost confidence: Ford's stock, which closed at $8.77 a share last week after a recent run-up, is still valued at less than the company's cash on hand. This week Ford...
Farmington Hills, Mich...
...finding the right fit--whether it's Harvard or not--when selecting a college. If we encourage kids to find a college that's a good fit and not just a big name, we will have happier--and more successful--students. LEAH BEASLEY CRANBROOK KINGSWOOD UPPER SCHOOL Bloomfield Hills, Mich...