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...that funds have not been appropriated, CRLS students face the prospect of a diminished quality of education just when they will need it most. It is widely recognized that students with a solid high school education and a background in technology are more likely to succeed in today's economy...
...academic community took notice two weeks ago when Stanford chose a Silicon Valley entrepreneur as its 10th president. John L. Hennessy is currently Stanford's provost. Soon to be the school's first president with an engineering background, he is the co-founder of a successful microprocessor company, MIPS Computer Systems--and he's wealthy enough to never work again...
...background is privileged as well. His father was an attorney, his mother an English teacher. Edward (don't call him Ed; there's nothing of the Honeymooners sewer rat about him) grew up in Columbia, Md., a town created by his grandfather, the social planner James Rouse. "My grandfather was a big fan of remaining fluid in your young life," Norton says, "of exploration and searching and seeking. He once offered to give me some money to keep me out of going into an investment-banking job." So the history major plunged into the New York City acting community. Before...
...Still, to his credit, Allyn gives some important background on movements that receive little historical attention from mainstream readers. He gives a thorough discussion of the gay liberation movement, explaining its hypocrisy with regard to lesbians, who failed to feel included until years after the Stonewall raid. He also addresses sexuality within political movements-including a discussion of male Black Panthers and their desire to "fuck as many white women as possible." His most academic discussion in the book discusses the hypocrisy of the feminist movement. While his critiques of the movement are not original, his summary view of problems...
...Racer X is coming up. That was a good role for me...I have a background in race car driving so it's natural. I really like the script too...it's got a sort of Donnie Brasco twist...