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The new Education nominee faces the unenviable task of explaining the minority-scholarship policy at his confirmation hearings next month. But if anyone can bring some sense of political harmony to the issue, it may well be the pragmatic Alexander, a musically versatile classical pianist who also likes to sit...
Respected for his moderate, practical approach, Alexander will come to Washington with an impressive record of educational reforms. His Better Schools Program in Tennessee -- which features a merit-pay system for teachers, tougher standards for students and more computer, science and math instruction -- has become a national model. The ex...
Around the Cabinet table, the new Secretary can be expected to provide calm, deliberate counsel. "He is totally at ease with power," says Marty Connors, executive director of the Southern Republican Exchange, a Birmingham think tank founded by Alexander. Equally important, Alexander and his wife are longtime social intimates of...
A Major Difference John Major, 47, Britain's new Prime Minister, is far younger than Margaret Thatcher, but he's more cautious and a lot less tart of tongue. Major borrowed strategy from the "kinder, gentler" playbook, identifying with the Iron Lady's successes while promising to clean up her...
Buried by His Own Mud In the midst of a close re-election campaign against Paul Wellstone, Minnesota Republican Senator Rudy Boschwitz issued a letter reminding the state's Jewish community that he was "the better Jew." He , attacked Wellstone for having "no connection" with Judaism and stated that his...