Word: performer
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...skills," she says. Admitting minorities with lower scores "lets these schools off the hook." That is why even such anti-affirmative-action crusaders as Ward Connerly, the University of California regent who led the Proposition 209 campaign, are calling for "outreach": targeted efforts to help minority high school students perform better. "I am in favor of things that will reach out to those families who have never had anyone go to the University of California or go to college," he told a TIME town meeting last week in Sacramento. The University of California is proposing such a program; it wants...
...there's still plenty to do for the rest of us. Activities include a special concert in which the star, via the wonders of modern video technology, will "perform" with a whole slew of his old bandmates, as well as the annual Candlelight Vigil at Graceland, Elvis cruises, seminars at his old high school, light shows set to his music, an auction from the estate of an avid fan, and early morning meditations at his grave site (they're free, but they're at 6) Even if you can't make it to Memphis, you can still participate. A Blue...
...much money the movie grosses the first week at the box office. But this is not at all similar to final exams since it occurs at the beginning of a movie's showing. The first week is taken as an indication of how well the movie will perform and how effective the advertising was; by contrast, final exams are an indication of total performance...
...charges of assault and sodomy. His accuser, a 41-year-old female friend from Vienna, Va., claims that Albert viciously bit her several times on the back during a Feb. 12 argument in his Ritz-Carlton hotel room in Washington, D.C. Albert then allegedly forced the woman to perform oral sex, according to the indictment. Albert was in town for a match between the Knicks and the Washington Bullets in nearby Landover, Md. In a statement, the sportscaster said the charges against him were false and that he intends to vigorously defend himself. "I am confident that I will...
...become so huge? Our Republic was founded on the idea that law enforcement should be a local responsibility. There is a good reason why America's Founding Fathers wanted it that way. They knew that power corrupts. Perhaps the answer to the bureau's problems is to make it perform better by downsizing it. Isn't that the rationale for downsizing corporate America? GARY SCHWARTZ Fort...