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...disappointed that Rudenstine chose the safe route of naming an insider already involved in the current reform initiative. Of course, we have nothing personal against Clark--who could dislike a Mormon who leads his son's boy scout troop? But we feel that the school would have benefited from a fresh perspective unbound by the Leadership and Learning initiative which dominates current curricular reform efforts...
Joel Dorn, a longtime industry talent scout credited with discovering Bette Midler, Roberta Flack and the Neville Brothers, located the lost Coltrane tapes amid hundreds of sloppily marked reels in a storeroom in Atlantic Records' New York City office. Fortunately, the tapes were in near perfect condition. "We just blew the dust off," says Dorn. "We didn't play with the sound by boosting the bottom or putting sparkle on top." No tricks were needed; Coltrane's energy and grace come through without added studio polish...
...endorses no candidate. Nor, apparently, do Boy Scouts. An attorney for the national scouting organization has sent Phil Gramm's campaign a letter asking the Texas Republican to stop using photos of the Boy Scouts in his presidential campaign literature. (A recent pamphlet shows Gramm with a saluting Boy Scout). Today, Boy Scout spokesman Richard Walker reminded all candidates that images of scouts are off-limits. The Gramm staff had no immediate comment...
What could be more benign than that boy scout of financial instruments, the municipal bond? What town has not floated an issue to build a road? What little old lady (or big mutual fund) has not heard an accountant extol "munis" as the most foolproof of investments? Lending to companies is risky: they fold overnight, leaving squabbling creditors. But municipalities don't disappear from the map; and knowing they will borrow more tomorrow, they will do anything -- even raise taxes-to avoid defaulting today...
...socializing and expanding his movement. Tuesday morning he was in New Hampshire, where Governor Steven Merrill joked about Reed's imminent appearance before the state senate: "They want to know you don't have two heads, that you don't have horns." Reed, who looks every bit the eagle scout he once was, responded with a guffaw that was too loud by half for his 64-kg frame. The New Hampshire senate, which usually deigns to listen only to would-be Presidents, paid close attention to his message. The ranks of conservative Christians, Reed said, are now "too large...