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...analysis shrank from 60% of its budget to less than 15%. Gates tried the same thing at Texas A&M, a school with an almost stubborn resistance to change--ending admissions preference for children of alumni, hiring hundreds of new faculty members and firing veteran football coach R.C. Slocum...
...Slocums, a family in the Washington area, have re-evaluated their 95-year-old mother's needs and renegotiated their roles since she was widowed 15 years ago. "Most things that happened, she became aware of when we did," reports her son Glenn, 60, a private consultant on African development issues. When the mother could get around only with a walker and the family felt she shouldn't live alone, a friend's trusted caretaker became available. When the Slocums grew concerned about her driving at age 85, they would probe gently, "Mom, are you still comfortable driving?" She would...
Help with financial matters came next. Two years ago, Slocum found out his mother had been swindled by a door-to-door contractor: "I said, 'You paid $4,700 for that yard work?' She started crying." Slocum adopted a gentler tone and persuaded her to let him read all future contracts first. Throughout, her family has respected her independence, she says. She lets Slocum review her checking account, but not without some discomfort. They are worried about her fixed income, and she wants to buy birthday presents for her grandchildren and great-grands. "I half-listen," she says...
...Radio Shack in Oconomowoc, Wis., without finding people glued to the seven TVs. Patriotism is normal, not sentimental or defiant or retro. At an Iowa orthodontist's office, kids are choosing red-white-and-blue braces. "It's because of all the things that are happening," explains Katie Slocum, 12, flashing a sweet, self-conscious smile of patriotic metal...
...Radio Shack in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, without finding people glued to the seven TVs. Patriotism is normal, not sentimental or defiant or retro. At an Iowa orthodontist's office, kids are choosing red-white-and-blue braces. "It's because of all the things that are happening," explains Katie Slocum, 12, flashing a sweet, self-conscious smile of patriotic metal...