The Washington Post, January 3rd, 2001
As the new Congress convenes, let us pause for a moment to honor people whose careers in public office have ended -- at least for the moment. Four governors, 10 senators and 39 members of the House are in the group -- not counting those who have been elected or appointed to other posts. No one made a greater difference for his state -- and, plausibly, the nation -- than Jim Hunt, who was governor of North Carolina from 1977 to 1985 and again from 1993 until now. Hunt transformed the education system, from preschool to postgraduate studies, with reforms that became national models, and he spark...
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