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RELEASED. JOHN TOBIN, 24, American Fulbright scholar convicted in April on drug charges; on parole after six months into his one-year sentence; in Rossosh, Russia. Tobin, once a military-intelligence trainee, was arrested for marijuana possession in Voronezh, where he had been studying Russian political evolution, and later accused of (but never charged with) espionage. According to prison wardens, the foreign student passed the time by playing Ping-Pong, chess and the guitar...
While for all Americans aged 18 to 23 the overall incidence of meningitis during a one-year period was 1.4 cases per 100,000 individuals, for first-years living in dorms the rate was 5.1 cases...
SENTENCED. ROBERT DOWNEY JR., 35, oft-arrested, Oscar-nominated film actor and Ally McBeal co-star; in Indio, Calif.; to a one-year, live-in drug treatment center and three years' probation, after pleading no contest to possession of cocaine and being under the influence. "This is not a gift of the court," Judge Randall White told Downey. "This is going to be hard work...
...public-private partnership dedicated to recruiting and training inner-city principals, announced Henry and 14 others as members of the "first ever national corps of urban school principals." (The program hopes to grow rapidly). The principals-to-be get seven weeks of tuition-free training in educational leadership, a one-year paid "residency" under the tutelage of a master principal, and, once in charge of their own schools, two years of intensive professional development. Chicago and other cities have agreed to waive many of their experience requirements for New Leaders fellows. School districts in Alabama, North Carolina and Ohio have...
...entertainers contingent for our TIME 100 series on the 20th century's most influential people. But little of that prepared her for this week's cover, the first installment of our America's Best series. "We had to come up with people we were sure were not just one-year wonders, but we also weren't interested in handing out Lifetime Achievement awards to folks whose best work was behind them. We wanted to catch people at the top of their form...