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The ancient Greeks used the term "aristocracy" to describe a state governed by those whom the people considered the best and most able individuals in the state. The Harvard admissions office, much as the people of a Greek polis chose their leaders, endeavors to admit the best and most able...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legacies: Another View | 2/17/1990 | See Source »

If greeting-card creator Susan Polis Schutz were fashioning a card to mark the event, it might feature a Day-Glo rainbow anchored in a pot of gold. Schutz and her husband Stephen, both 44, won a two-year battle that pitted their small, Boulder-based card company, Blue Mountain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: LITIGATION: It's All In the Cards | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

INDIAN POLIS Frank Kush ended two weeks of speculation yesterday by announcing he had resigned as coach of the NH's Indianapolis Colts to accept a five year contract to coach the Arizona Outlaws of the United States Football I eague.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 12/14/1984 | See Source »

Mondale has run a disgraceful, Munder-riddled campaign for the presidency, without proposing any substantive alternatives to the problems he perceives in the Reagan Administration. Mondale squandered a whopping lead in the polis to an obscure, alumnus of Yale, who ultimately captured more state primaries. He did not seal the...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Reagan: The Importance Of Strong Leadership | 10/26/1984 | See Source »

I would not trust the polis this time. Sure, McGovern would probably loss. But still, there was a chance, somewhere. There was still that element of "voters unpredictability." I hoped that the election would at least still be close. I expected--or wanted--the outcome to be indefinite until the...

Author: By Harry Hurt, | Title: The Spectre of Election Night | 11/17/1972 | See Source »

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