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...They are my representatives in the Houses, and have a profound influence on the lives of students. I want to be able to select the best people, from a wide range of backgrounds,” Gross wrote...
After braving entrance exams and interviews, only a select number of New York toddlers proved themselves worthy of acceptance to the elite institutions. At the cost of an economy-sized car, families can provide their erudite youngsters with a year of the finest quality preschool education. Many Manhattan parents see this instruction as a fast track to the Ivy League for their brilliant young minds...
According to one White House official, Regan will act as "a search party of one" in choosing a replacement. Regan, who served as Treasury Secretary during the President's first term, will probably select a less independent figure to run OMB, one who would allow the chief of staff considerable control over the budget. Thus the front runners for the post, Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige and former Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis, may lose to a less well-known candidate like White House Domestic Policy Adviser John Svahn...
...MAXIMIZE SPACE Defragmenting your hard drive is like refolding sweaters to fit more on the shelf, only instead of woolens, it involves data. In the Windows Start menu, go to Programs, Accessories, then System Tools and select Defragment. Do that once or twice a month. Then run Disk Cleanup, also located under System Tools...
...introduced the TIME 100 several years ago, when we selected the most influential people of the 20th century, culminating in Albert Einstein as Person of the Century. Last year, when we decided to select the 100 most influential people of 2004, we compiled and debated hundreds of names, and this year the process was no less complicated. Fewer than 20 people from the 2004 list made this year's list, which indicates that in our view their influence has dramatically increased over the past 12 months. If you were on last year's list but not on this year...