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...believe that the sports world should not forget Veteran's Day. Maybe it would be appropriate for Ross Perot to convene a group of "world-class" experts to study the problem...
...some world-class scientists can overcome this cyncical view, and take the time to infuse a love of science into the non-scientist. Baird Professor of Science E. O. Wilson, who has written a number of bestselling books on biology, most recently The Diversity of Life (1992), says his secret involves two methods of presentation...
...make government work. Like a giddy student, Clinton offers detailed plans for nearly everything. Tax incentives for businesses to invest in technology, not higher corporate salaries. Job retraining programs to give the unemployed skills, not welfare checks. A reconstructed infrastructure that will make this country attractive to businesses seeking world-class communication and transportation--businesses that will create jobs. A reinvented educational system that recognizes the skills needed to compete in the modern world economy. A universal health care system that regulates costs but doesn't involve full government control. A government and supreme court that works to protect...
Consider first Perot's personality and temperament. It does not require a degree in psychology to recognize a world-class paranoid. Perot starts with a firm conviction of his own superior gifts and high destiny. Then, if his actual situation falls short, he looks for scapegoats. In Perot's mind, nothing that has ever retarded his many causes has been his fault. Whether it is a band of shortsighted General Motors directors, government officials callously abandoning soldiers in Southeast Asia or journalists scrutinizing his background, Perot routinely views himself as the helpless victim of dark conspiracies. Is the collective memory...
THEATER A world-class visionary illumines Greek tragedy...