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...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 of government? "You get mediocrity in a monopoly when the worst teacher is treated like the best," says Forstmann. "Introducing competition will shock the education establishment and make parents more responsible. It will weed out the bad schools in favor of the good ones...
...Gore the Vice President has been an influential adviser and workhorse for the Clinton Administration on many issues, including trade, with his high-profile trouncing of Ross Perot in a NAFTA debate; foreign policy, with his up-front role in the Kosovo crisis; and technology, where he has championed the multibillion-dollar effort to wire all schools to the Internet (even if he didn't create...
...million Amount that Ross Perot's wealth increased on the day his computer firm, Perot Systems, went public last week...
...million Total spent by Perot on his two presidential bids, including federal funding and the cost of creating the Reform Party...
...billion Amount donated to charitable foundations last week by Perot's fellow billionaire Bill Gates--the largest tax-deductible gift ever...