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...more that just 53% of the vote. Among the crowd at the musical, he would easily have gotten 99.9% - a result that even East Germany's Communist Party would have been proud of," a reviewer for the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung noted. "The audience kept finding reasons to cheer on the black Messiah." (See a TIME video on how much the world knows about Obama...
Nonprofits, too, are likely to cheer the plan. Bradford Smith, who is the president of philanthropy-research firm Foundation Center, says Goldman's move could help service organizations at a time when many are struggling to raise funds. "Ideally, you would hope rich people would voluntarily share their wealth," says Smith. "But Goldman is leader in the corporate world, and if others follow, this could be a needed windfall for nonprofits...
...Shiite mourning festival of Tasua is a time for tears and regret, but on Saturday supporters of Iran's opposition gained confidence and cheer before being brutally suppressed by pro-government militiamen...
...Norse ves heill meaning "be well, and in good health" - came to mean the wishing of good fortune on your neighbors. No one is quite sure when the custom began, but it did give us the song, "Here We Come-A-Wassailing" - sung as carolers wished good cheer to their neighbors in hopes of getting a gift in return. ("A Wassailing" also evolved into the popular "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - its last verse, "Bring us some figgy pudding" stems from the wassailers' original intent...
...entire holiday season - until a judge blocked the industrial action. "Had this been a terrible crash or something, it might be different. But once tempers cool, people will use whatever service is most convenient - and for Paris-London, that's Eurostar," Gill says. (Read: "Brits Get Some Holiday Cheer: No British Air Strike...