Word: vision
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With an M.A. and Ph.D. in educational psychology--and a winning reputation--Osborne had both the vision and the credentials to do something about it. "It dawned on me that we had a pretty good level of character among the players, and because they are heroic figures to young people, they could make a difference in their lives," he says. Along with his wife Nancy, the coach initiated a mentoring program called TeamMates, pairing 25 of his Cornhuskers with 25 children. The goal was to have these college athletes-cum-mentors stay with their charges from the kids' first year...
...less comforting (read Republican) vision, Clinton can examine the "Decalogue", Krzysztof Kieslowski's ten-hour, brilliantly dark retelling of each of the commandments. Poland never looked more beautiful, even if watching all ten earnest hours seems more than a little dutiful. But -- careful, Bill -- don't look to close, not at a series that has segments with titles like "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery...
Wilson also said the welfare reform bill signed by President Clinton in 1996 had a much different focus from the vision he presented in 1992. The original platform included comprehensive health and child care--along with public sector jobs--as a last resort...
...When Clinton first entered office, he had a very comprehensive vision of welfare reform," Wilson said. "The bill that he signed doesn't include guaranteed public sector jobs. It's kind of a draconian bill...
Wilson stopped short of declaring that Radcliffe will still exist as an undergraduate college in her vision of the future...