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Next time the waiter brings you the billfold after a meal at a Shangri-La hotel, be sure to dig deep. The[an error occurred while processing this directive] Asia-Pacific hotel chain is running a charitable drive, entitled Dare to Care, at around 40 of its properties, from Dubai to Sydney. Guests put their donations into a red envelope contained in the billfold (the packets are based on the traditional Chinese envelopes used for making gifts of money at festive occasions) and the sums are given to the Beijing-based charity Care for Children, for use in the organization...
Shortly before Christmas, Sanders went around to his family members and handed out crisp money from his billfold. For New Year's Eve, he did something he hasn't done in seven years: he worked. Then he went back to Brooklyn to watch the ball drop on TV with his mother. They said a prayer for the new year, and he went home...
...while--to the elite, honeymooners and workaholics. What is becoming apparent, however, is that silence will soon sell to all of us, wearied as we are by the sensory overload of most public places. So far, to its credit, Harvard has respected our sanity (and has a big enough billfold) not to sell every flat surface in sight. But maybe a less well-endowed university--or the struggling public elementary, middle and high schools--might stoop to such tactics in an effort to find the dollars they need by any means necessary. One wonders if the Siren of the market...
...sandals. Their house in Emerald Bay was evacuated at 2 p.m. "Emerald Bay has its own fire department, and I thought surely they would stop it," she says. Aldrin has no way to know whether she was right. She had time to grab only one item other than a billfold. "See, this is what I took," she says, opening up a shirt box from Neiman Marcus. Inside there are miniature flags, first-day stamp covers, letters and a few items stuffed in envelopes. "These are the things that Buzz took to the moon," she explains. "Everything else we have...
...past few months Kreimer has patiently waited for the money. Paying a $3.25 bill at a local store, he withdraws a crisp $20 note from a brand-new wallet. The billfold, he says, is "from an admirer." He may soon need a second wallet. Kreimer's lawyer is negotiating another cash settlement, stemming from the separate First Amendment suit now under appeal...