When he arrived in Washington as a prep student, he was barely 14, but his first call was to Blair, who had known his family when her husband, William McCormick Blair, Jr, served as ambassador to the Philippines in the '60s.

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It starts with after-school educational centers called Score, moves to the core test-prep business, on to Concord University School of Law, the nation's first online law school, and right up through BrassRing, a career development service Kaplan formed with Accel Partners and the Tribune (TRB) Co. last year.

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During this chaos, boat crew leaders are expected to keep track of their crews, maintain an accurate headcount, and still prep for the first evolution of Hell Week.

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