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...Number of applicants for Survivor II, in contrast to 6,100 for the first series...
...Estimated number of applicants for the Peace Corps this year...
...number of other people have reached the same conclusion about the Bombay-born novelist. Early this year, 11 publishing houses fought over The Death of Vishnu, Suri's first novel, in a heated auction. W.W. Norton won, paying a $350,000 advance for the American rights. Since then, rights have been sold in 13 countries. The book will be published next January...
...considering a move." Notes Vincent Ferrandino, executive director of the National Association of Elementary School Principals: "When a company reaches out and makes an effort to help young people, that sends a message to its employees that it is a good place to work." No wonder, then, that the number of such relationships has surged--from 125,000 in 1991 to an estimated 400,000 today, according to Daniel Merenda, president and CEO of the National Association of Partners in Education...
...number of partnerships has proliferated, so has the variety. Corporate giants may get the press coverage, but it's small businesses that are leading the charge. In San Jose, Calif., the Graystone Elementary School has joined with Hicklebee's, a local children's bookstore, to hold readings by authors from Lynne Reid Banks (Indian in the Cupboard) to J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter). Graystone students display school projects in Hicklebee's windows, which draw their families to the bookstore. In Toms River, N.J., the staff of Silver Bay Elementary School gets behind the counter of the Yellow Brick Road ice-cream...