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George W. Bush interrupted his own campaigning last week to make a decision that is also likely to shape voters' perceptions. After presiding over 131 executions--about one-fifth of all the executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976--Bush for the first time issued a 30-day stay of execution. The lucky man: Ricky Nolen McGinn, who had been sentenced to die for the 1993 rape and murder of his 12-year-old stepdaughter. Some may see Bush's move as the best evidence that he too will do whatever it takes to get elected, others...
...company's focus. "The opportunity is just incredible for us," Bessler says, to provide homes for those few fortunate enough and farsighted enough to have developed sufficient skills, harbored appropriate attitudes and, probably most important, put away enough money for a retirement that is going to take on a shape we've never seen before. Based on its research, Del Webb already outfits its new houses with high-capacity wiring for home offices and offers options such as home exercise rooms. Integrated computer, security and entertainment systems will be the next must-haves in boomer retirement housing...
...institutions can to some extent find leadership from within themselves, it means it's a person who's most likely to know a fair amount about how the institution works, what it's goals are what its idiosyncrasies are," Rudenstine says. "If the institution's in good shape then you may well do well to have someone who knows that to start with. I believe quite a bit in institutional loyalty...
...Davis says some policy initiatives are taking shape, but still need time before being brought forward...
...popularization of Internet technologies over the past four years has permitted each individual House to shape its own solutions--or ignore the question almost entirely. But the increased technological expectations of each incoming class threaten to outpace Harvard-speed...