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...system is such that the brightest young women come to the most prestigious schools, only to see their leadership skills wane. Krupnick notes that many women who were vocal leaders in high school and now attend schools like Harvard are intimidated by the intensified competition. Coming here decreased their leadership potential in the long-run, she says, adding that they would have fared better at a smaller school or a women's college...
...veteran of six presidential campaigns, he helped bring Gerald Ford from 30 points behind in 1976 to within a couple of points of Jimmy Carter. Low-key and relatively untouched by Potomoc fever, he has never moved from Ann Arbor, Mich., to Washington. Teeter's influence on strategy may wane as the aggressive Darman moves in on issues and as Roger Ailes mushrooms all over the place. Still, Bush entrusted Teeter, 49, with paring down the list of vice-presidential possibilities and screening the survivors. Teeter also supervised Bush's acceptance speech...
...spells trouble: "Decision- makers in Washington must face the awkward and enduring fact that the sum total of the United States' global interests and obligations is nowadays far larger than the country's power to defend them all simultaneously." Even aside from this dilemma, American dominance is on the wane, not because the nation is growing poorer or weaker but because others are becoming richer and stronger. Kennedy expects both China and Japan to improve their shares of world power; if the European Community can submerge national disputes and agree on common goals, then it too will find its wealth...
Like the rest of America, politicians in Washington seemed less likely to change their behavior patterns as memories of Black Monday drifted away. When congressional and Administration leaders opened their second week of emergency budget-cutting meetings last week, their post-crash burst of bipartisan magnanimity was on the wane. "The worst thing for the summit is stock-market stability. It takes the pressure off," says Economist Schultze...
...Hospitals are at the brink of disaster," William Wane, president of Bon Secours Hospital, said at the rally. "Enough is enough, we're tired of being a whipping post for the financial ills of our society," he said...