Word: accountant
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Though individuals still account for the great bulk of giving (private donors gave 80% of the $144 billion raised by charities in 1995), some are worried that charities that aren't sexy enough to attract business support will suffer. Where would that leave relatively unpopular causes such as mental illness? "Ninety percent of the charity universe doesn't benefit from the hundreds of millions of dollars generated through cause marketing," notes Robert Bothwell, president of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy...
...federal law no longer requires those over 70 to begin withdrawing funds from their plans. The principal may now remain untouched as long as the professor continues to teach. By maximizing the principal, professors hope to account for any increases in the cost of living--but there are no guarantees...
Life insurance for the living, some faculty members use their pension funds to purchase annuities, plans that guarantee them a certain regular income until death. Annuities often vary in how they account for the cost of living. Some plans disburse a fixed amount, irrespective of inflation, while others are designed to account for a devalued dollar. The cost of an annuity with a COLA is usually a lower fixed income: Security has its price...
What makes Coming Apart so impressive is that while Rosenblatt certainly presents a gripping account of the takeover and its aftermath, he succeeds in doing more than just that. He addresses one subject that a less acute observer might miss completely: namely, the possibility that the riots might have been fueled at least partially by Harvard's tendency to treat its students as the so-called future leaders of the world: "One of the reasons that very few people who had gone to Harvard ever felt any emotional loyalty toward it is that, by design, one's loyalties were supposed...
...Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard, founded in 1988 by a group of Radcliffe alumnae, established an escrow account to which Harvard graduates have donated about $500,000. This money will be withheld from the University until, according to Committee Chair Peggy Schmertzler '53, "Harvard has made substantial strides in making more effective affirmative action procedures in ...recruiting, hiring, promoting and retaining women...