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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that a tax cut or a drop in the bucket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Bush Bite the Bullet on Taxes? | 3/27/2001 | See Source »

While the Falcons relied on Ford and Greater Boston League (GBL) All-Star Stephen Passley's three-point marksmanship, the Naps, led by forward Mike Lapriore (21 points) and guard Symere McClain (19 points), responded to each CRLS basket with a bucket of their...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: CRLS Claims Boys State Basketball Title In Thriller | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

Harvard would get the first bucket of the extra period, but that would be its last lead of the game. With the help of key offensive rebounds, Yale went on a 15-4 run and never looked back...

Author: By Kathryn J. Hodel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Earns Unwanted Split | 2/20/2001 | See Source »

After three bad hair days back in 1992, Catherine Bertini finally gave in. She leaned over the tub in her Rwanda hotel room--the one with shot-out windows and no running water--and allowed her husband to pour a bucket of dirty water over her head. Rough treatment for the CEO of a multinational with a $1.88 billion operating budget. But this multinational happens to be the U.N. World Food Program, and in her nine years as the agency's executive director, Bertini has grown used to hardships. "WFP reaches people who are at risk of starvation," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ultimate Foodie | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

Taking even one child off the streets helps, but the numbers Ngata can accommodate are a mere drop in the bucket. Kariuki hopes his pilot project will spawn others like it. Since the personal and financial investment is a sizable one that few Kenyans can afford, the success of the idea remains to be seen. In any case, Kariuki's motivations in trying to get the project going are as much personal as they are professional. One of eight children of a Salvation Army preacher and a nurse, Kariuki started his career in marketing. After a decade, eager to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving Kids A Helping Hand | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

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