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Caple's young team could be a contender, although even she doesn't like Harvard's chances of making it all the way to the final four and competing against the perennial giants, defending champ Old Dominion, Iowa, Massachusetts and North Carolina.
Washington -- President Clinton hasn't made a final decision about who will replace GENERAL COLIN POWELL as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but a source close to the selection process has told Time that two candidates have emerged as front runners. Leading the pack is Air Force General...
The four candidates--two current committee members, one a previously unsuccessful candidate and one a new contender--all emphasized the importance of parental involvement, accountability and changes in personnel selection as a result of a statewide education reform bill in building better schools.
"I've felt that women aren't treated equally in terms of sports teams," says senior Rachel Schultz, Co-Captain of the women's lacrosse team, a perennial contender for the national championship. "You see it in the training room--[women athletes] have to wait for the football and hockey...
Early reports of the Yale selection committee's secretive deliberations had not mentioned Levin as a leading contender. Some professors and alumni had said his relative lack of upper-level administrative experience and his relative youth made his appointment unlikely.