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...Mike A. Pineiro '02, a Bush supporter, said a large shift is unlikely...
...Motherhood also prompted a shift in her priorities. "It changes the way you work. I used to just go into a studio and just stay there until the album was done. I could be completely selfish and immerse myself," she says. "[Being a mother] made me stronger as a person. To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend...
...three years at the helm, Armstrong, 62, has tried to shift AT&T into new and more lucrative areas. He moved aggressively into cable, plunking down $115 billion to build the nation's biggest cable network. Armstrong has also pushed into fast-growing areas like wireless and has tried to turn AT&T's WorldNet into a rival of AOL's. The ultimate vision was that Ma Bell would clean up by cross-selling its 80 million customers a bundle of telephone, cable and Internet services...
...contrast, Bush's proposals for early childhood are aimed at the kids who, studies show, benefit most from preschool: the poor. Citing mixed reviews of Head Start, he would shift the program's address from the Health and Human Services Department to the Education Department and emphasize educational pursuits like word recognition and counting over social services. The cost of this change? Zero. Bush saves his dollars for his $5 billion reading initiative, which does not kick in until kids reach kindergarten...
...IMPACT: National standards give way to local and state testing requirements. Reading takes center stage in classrooms. Public schools could suffer as vouchers shift money to private and parochial schools...