Word: deed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...process that the town of Jasper, Texas, has undergone in the wake of a vicious race crime. "Some stories are sheer tragedy, not redeemed by anything," says Gwynne, who has seen his share of sad stories during his 10 years with TIME. "But here, in spite of the horrible deed, the community has repaired itself morally and spiritually. There has been real soul searching...
...change the world? If we set out to make millions like Soros, even if we succeed, we are only increasing the inequality of wealth in the world. But if we follow Soros in word and not deed, we might help our government create policies and rules which can allow global capitalism to operate in a universal framework of law. Money must not be allowed to replace politics, and financial influence is no replacement for democracy. Having men like Soros call the shots creates a global aristocracy...
...exhibit is essentially an exploration of the print in Renaissance Italy as a form of counterfeit. It features both prints and some privileges, a deed given to an artist by the government stating that no one can copy their work. Some walls display a juxtaposition of originals with their respective copies; frequently though, the copies stand alone. It is organized thematically, according to the different media copied, and focuses mostly on the Durer/Marcantonio Raimondi pieces in the hallway as a point of departure for considering all of the other prints...
...your friends to do the dirty work for you. After five invites, I think either avenue of action is perfectly acceptable. If you see him or happen to converse with him first, you tell him. If he approaches one of them first, have him or her to do the deed. But establish this policy with them ASAP. The only way he could possibly be upset and justified is if you saw him and didn't say anything and then he saw one of your friends and they told him what was up in the most brutal way possible...
...already reached $13 billion, far more than anybody else's, they argued. Who could ask for anything more? And, instead of spending it well, Harvard is using a lot of it for dubious purposes such as those fueled by political correctness. For having done what I considered a good deed, I was suddenly on the defensive. Was I a naif, unaware of what everybody on the inside knows, that Harvard is foisting on its alums a fund-raising scam? Perhaps those snooty Faculty classmates were right in ridiculing my expectation that they should be expected to contribute...