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At the United States Naval Academy, even walking comes with rules.First-year midshipmen, known as “plebes,” follow regulations dictating how to walk, eat, speak, and countless other expectations as part of their transition from civilians to officers in the US Navy and the US Marine Corps.This decorum, tied to a deep…

Many wealthy parents obsess about getting their kids into a great college, believing it will set them up for life. Drusilla Blackman specializes in helping them achieve that goal.Blackman, a former dean of admissions at Harvard and later Columbia, is the founder of Deans of Admissions, a group of former…

Google cofounder Sergey Brin and John Doerr have donated a combined $94 million to undercut California's proposed billionaire tax. Peter Thiel has donated $3 million to a separate group.Getty ImagesA handful of California’s estimated 214 billionaires are trying to stop a proposed wealth tax.Google cofounder Sergey Brin, who moved assets…