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Perhaps what really matters is this: we give more than any other nation. We are the most generous with our time and our money. Just 13% of German respondents and 19% of French volunteered their time for civic activities in the previous year, in contrast to 49% of Americans, according to a survey by the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project. And while 43% of French and 44% of Germans said they gave money to charity last year, 73% of Americans reported doing so. To be sure, many prosperous Europeans and Japanese pay far higher taxes than Americans, in part...
...past, wealthy benefactors usually waited until their twilight years to ladle out their fortunes, and only after building mansions for themselves and setting aside a sizable chunk for their heirs. Then it was monument-building time, with wings of hospitals, symphony halls, operas, libraries, zoos and other civic institutions being the major beneficiaries. Many of today's wealthy are different. "I'm not just into writing checks," says Kanter, echoing many of her peers. "I want to see and feel the results...
...April 18, sheriff's deputies arrested Robert Lee Yates Jr., 47, on his way to work. His Honda Civic carried a bumper sticker saying WHY MUST I BE SURROUNDED BY FRICKIN' IDIOTS? Forensic experts found his fingerprint on one of the plastic bags tied around a victim's head, and Yates' genetic profile, from blood drawn after his arrest, matched semen found on the corpses. Says Sheriff Mark Sterk: "There's no doubt in my mind we're going to convict this guy." But at Yates' arraignment, the mother of one of the victims looked in disbelief at the accused...
...unethical? Ellison begged to differ. His investigators had uncovered evidence that Microsoft was secretly funding "front groups" in order to manipulate public opinion in its favor, he contended. Probing those activities was, Ellison insisted, a "civic duty." He has taken to calling Gates a "convicted monopolist...
...million (all from federal and state grants), and the biracial city council hopes to turn Cairo into a tourist destination by renting out stores for $1 a year to businesses that will attract weekend visitors. At a barbecue featuring grilled bologna as well as tasty smoked ribs, civic leaders talked to us about their divergent views on crime, school vouchers, unemployment, race, gambling casinos and their city's history...