Word: specialize
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Money should not be the determining factor in deciding who will win the nominations or the presidency. It is bad for the country and bad for democracy. More than ever before, we need campaign finance reform to curb the influence of money and special interests on our elections...
TIME's continuing series of special issues on the 100 most influential people of the 20th century will culminate in December, when we will name a single figure as the Person of the Century. To help the magazine's editors make the choice, we are asking a select group of people to tell us whom they would pick. Here are the latest intriguing nominations...
...does indeed get all the girls, but he's not the popular jock. He's a husky kid whom everyone calls the Commander, and the girls hang out at his house after school. "The girls love him," laments one jock. At some schools the rumor is that athletes get special treatment, that they are able to slide by in their work or their conduct because even the teachers treat them like stars. To a degree, some Webster jocks take advantage of their status, but others argue that expectations are actually higher for them. "Teachers look at you differently when...
...create a disc with music, backgrounds and animation tailor-made for your pals or kinfolk, picked from a catalog of offerings at greets.com The personalized CD-ROMs also include extras such as lists of celebrity birthdays and a horoscope for that very special person...
...ritual of announcing entire team rosters during the pep rally. Administrators don't want to turn an otherwise popular jock into a target of the disaffected. Says Cliff Ice, the new football coach: "We don't want the players to be perceived around the school as something special...