So out the door went Verna, starry-eyed with hero worship, wobbling on her first high heels.

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Yesterday, over 100 leaders from across the country came to the White House to join Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano for a discussion about how to make our schools, institutions of higher education, and houses of worship safer through the creation of high-quality emergency management plans.

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At the time, eBay was a relatively new phenomenon, and celebrity worship was at an all-time high.

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Stock in media-worship-object, Apple (AAPL), is trading about 14% below its all-time high.

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