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With a history professor's sense of occasion, a futurist's grasp of possibilities and a politician's dexterity with symbols, Gingrich brought two gavels with him that day. The first -- a link to the past and a token of how long the G.O.P. had waited to regain power -- had belonged to Joseph Martin of Massachusetts, the last Republican Speaker, who relinquished it to the Democrats 40 years ago. The other, a jumbo mallet suggestive of Gingrich's power and willingness to use it, was donated by a fan. On opening day he favored...
...consequences its recommendations would have on undergraduates, program staff, and, most importantly, the communities currently, and ably, served. Accordingly, these recommendations (which, by the way, were written after consulting only two students) unleashed a flurry of controversy and student-administrative crossfire. To thoughtful, reasoned student opposition, the administration paid token attention; the faculty remained hope-lessly silent. Ultimately, the failure to engage initially and honestly with students challenged the validity of "service" rhetoric long espoused by Harvard administrators...
...upwards of $8 million for his next movie (on top of the $5 million he reportedly made this year from the TV series). But talking in his TV dressing room last week, in between bites of a tuna-salad sandwich, Allen said he'd be happy with a small token of his achievement. "It's so cheesy," he says, "but I just want a little plaque that says, no. 1 tv show, no. 1 book, no. 1 movie. Just something for me, because I worked so hard I almost died: 18-hour days getting...
...huge effort that could lead to deployment of a continental missile defense system. "That's where I think the debate is going to be in the Congress," Perry said.Perry's remarks suggest that the GOP right won't get a huge Star Wars budget, but instead can expect token defense spending hikes, saysTIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. Expect the GOP to extract some concessions from Clinton in exchange for a scaled- down Star Wars program. "I think Star Wars spending is going to increase -- but I don't think it's going to be a big deal," Thompson says.Post your...
...most excruciating, yielded 50. "It was like selecting the person who is Most Likely to Succeed for the school yearbook," says assistant editor Elizabeth Rudulph, who coordinated research for the project. "You don't want to pick someone who will peak early and then fade." By the same token, says Faith Corman, a free-lance journalist who also worked on the issue, "an overachiever is not the same thing as a leader...