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...named -- less than 72 hours after Brennan's resignation -- was almost as surprising as the nominee himself. "The President saw immediately that he needed to move quickly," says a senior White House official. "Otherwise, the interest groups were going to take control of the debate, narrow his options and make confirmation more difficult." Bush was on Air Force One, preparing to head back to Washington after a few days of politics and fishing out west, when he got the news that Brennan was stepping down. After calling Brennan to accept his resignation, Bush was on the phone again with Sununu...
...meeting Bush huddled with Sununu, Vice President Dan Quayle, White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray and Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, looking over dossiers on about a dozen possibilities whom the Administration had singled out over the past 18 months. Sununu held back during the discussions, letting Gray and Thornburgh make the case for Souter. After the group had narrowed the list to about eight candidates, Bush asked for further specifics on several of them, then retired to Camp David for the weekend. Sununu went to work behind the scenes on Souter's behalf...
...What makes the effort work so well is parental commitment and sustained, year-round attention. Once students are selected in the eighth grade, they must pledge to spend the next five Julys at Davidson, in addition to twice- monthly meetings that include English and math workshops and SAT reviews during the regular school year. Parents must promise to participate in quarterly discussions of topics ranging from high school-course selection to college financial aid. "This is a student and parent program," says Tapia. "I make it clear that I won't accept a child whose parent doesn't consent...
...machine, the first dual-deck VCR in the U.S., is venturing where electronics behemoths have feared to tread. Japan's Sharp test-marketed a version in the Middle East several years ago but withdrew the product after movie studios threatened to sue on the grounds that users would make illegal copies of prerecorded movie tapes. Dunlap and his colleagues ran into the same objections to their dual-deck technology in 1984. They were also unable to find any electronics companies willing to manufacture their machines or supply the needed parts. In 1987 Dunlap's company filed a $1.5 billion antitrust...
...Democrats are looking forward to that race more than they thought they would just weeks ago. Says Al From, executive director of the Democratic Leadership Council: "The Bush presidency has finally begun. Rather than continue to act as a caretaker, he has to make real decisions that carry a political price." If, for example, he vetoes the pending civil rights bill, Bush will offend the middle-class blacks he has been courting. But if he signs it, he will anger businessmen, who fear that the bill will encourage many costly damage suits...