Word: collectivity
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...pass along to the fund raisers who parade through the countryside. "We all have emptied our pockets because of the obligation we feel toward our ethnic Albanian brothers in Kosovo," he says. Indeed, just last month the farmer sank his entire life savings--$8--into an account to help collect food and supplies for Kosovo's refugees. In return, Bejadini was given a pistachio-colored receipt with no inscription of the collector's name or the purpose of the donation. The voucher--now neatly folded in four--holds pride of place in Bejadini's empty wallet, next to the picture...
...organizations in the community begin to collect aid, organize protests and offer their help to those suffering from the crisis in Yugoslavia, many organization members like Markovic and Stokes say they are motivated by a personal connection to those in need...
Harvard-Radcliffe Undergraduate Amnesty International (HRUAI) placed boxes in House dining halls last week to collect supplies for Kosovar refugees in Albania and Macedonia...
...also not certain that it isn't, and that's where things get muddy. It took experimenters years to collect the volunteers they needed to give their findings any statistical oomph--in part because women didn't want to risk being in the half of the sample group that received conventional therapy instead of the transplant. Over that time, transplant methods improved, and it is thus possible that higher mortality rates from women earlier in the research are dragging down more positive results from women later on. For now, the only answer appears to be more and better studies...
...those who have ever wondered if there existed '90s art, head over to the Institute of Contemporary Art to see the "Collectors Collect Contemporary Art" show that only shows '90s artworks. The show runs through May 28. 955 Boylston St. 266-5152. Noon...