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Means of Ascent by Robert A. Caro. The second installment of what promises to be the longest and liveliest American political biography of modern times finds Lyndon Johnson transforming what were certainly not his finest hours into tarnished triumphs. To wit: avoiding World War II combat for as long as possible and then parlaying a few minutes under fire into a Silver Star; and stealing the 1948 Texas senatorial election with 87 questionable votes -- enough to earn him the nickname Landslide Lyndon...
...Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings (Columbia). This isn't just music; it's American mythology, recorded in the mid-1930s and brought alive for the first time on two CDs. The blues found no deeper mystical expression than in Johnson's composing and singing...
...holidays are especially painful. This recession began in the service sector, rather than in manufacturing, and so has taken a swipe at the security of white-collar and blue-collar workers alike. "It's a terrible time of year to be sending cards to friends across the country," says Robert Bach, who moved to California from Omaha only 18 months ago and has already lost two jobs because of the slumping economy. He does feasibility studies for new buildings -- of which there are not too many these days. "The last thing you want to say is, 'I've been laid...
WORLDWIDE PUBLISHER: Robert L. Miller...
Nonetheless, the symbolism of the decision was potent, and educators reacted accordingly. "This is an example of something that in the abstract looks like good principle but that results in horrible policy," says Robert Zemsky, director of the Institute for Research on Higher Education at the University of Pennsylvania. "It is the wrong message at the wrong time." Even the White House was distancing itself from the policy, pointing out that it came from the bowels of the Education Department. At week's end President Bush called for a review of the decision...