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...role of freelance philanthropist. In September 2001, Harvard pledged $1 million to fund scholarships for the children of terror victims. It matched $245,877 in donations by Harvard affiliates after last December’s massive tsunami. But if Harvard wants to get the biggest bang for its charitable buck, the University should focus its philanthropic efforts on the oft-ignored humanitarian crises that pass in and out of the headlines, where donors’ dollars are needed the most. Harvard’s Katrina matching-funds drive is expected to raise a total that tops last winter?...
Enough is enough! I saw the scenes of utter devastation in the newspaper and on television, and my blood is boiling! Shame on Bush. Why did it take so long for him to aid the victims? How many people died waiting for help? The buck supposedly stops with the President, but he was not in Washington and left the task to others, who failed miserably. Maybe his response would have been faster in different circumstances, but it seems Bush lacked the motivation in this case, in which the majority of people concerned were poor and black and the prestige attached...
With its hugely successful Mini, Mercedes' archrival BMW has shown that there is a market for small commuter cars--even in the SUV-happy U.S. If Smart does buck the odds and survive, the next big decision will be whether to launch the car in the States. A successor model to the original two-seater is under design, and it will comply with U.S. road requirements, company officials say. In hindsight, "we were naive," says a senior Smart executive. "We initially said we weren't selling a car but an idea. Now we know that customers want to buy cars...
...There's more tourism than terrorism in Belfast these days. In parts of the city where even the army used to fear to tread, camera-toting visitors now arrive in a steady stream, and former combatants are among a range of people figuring out how to make a legitimate buck from the mayhem they once caused. Companies set up by ex-republican and ex-loyalist prisoners offer firsthand accounts of the bad old days in their warring neighborhoods. The onetime enemies will even - quietly - share clients. "Thousands of people are coming here every week," says Caoimhín Mac Giolla...
...Enough is enough! I saw the scenes of utter devastation in the newspaper and on television, and my blood is boiling! Shame on Bush. Why did it take so long for him to aid the victims? How many people died waiting for help? The buck supposedly stops with the President, but he was not in Washington and left the task to others, who failed miserably. Maybe his response would have been faster in different circumstances, but it seems Bush lacked the motivation in this case, in which the majority of people concerned were poor and black and the prestige attached...