Word: dollarized
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...exempt sector includes not just soup kitchens and scholarship funds but also labor unions, hospitals, the NCAA--even Major League Baseball. "Today you see nonprofit holding companies," says Minnesota state attorney general Mike Hatch, who has aggressively pushed for better nonprofit governance. "We're dealing with multibillion-dollar enterprises, many times with no tie to the community...
...time author and recent graduate of Cornell University, claims that he has consulted “the people who know best.” There is a system to be beat, so why shouldn’t Ivy Leaguers be the ones to reap the benefits of the million-dollar industry that has developed around the frenzy of college admissions? Prospective applicants might benefit from the book’s “key insights” on applying or they might not, but current students are not likely to find much...
...Keeping in mind that Harvard gave $150,000 for the Tsunami and $600,000 for Katrina, [our goal] is not that much,” Mir says. A sudden change in University policy this fall has made meeting that goal more challenging than expected. After matching student donations dollar for dollar during Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, Harvard revised its approach this October, just before the earthquake hit. Though the university has pledged substantial aid to student groups coordinating the relief efforts, it has not matched student gifts. Mir says she understands the administration’s situation, citing...
While Grimeland, in his first semester as a member of the Finance Committee, has little UC experience, both Grimeland and Hadfield have extensive leadership records off campus. Grimeland serves in the Norwegian military special forces, and Hadfield has successfully started several multi-million dollar companies...
...young man who has really given his future some thought. He has, this one, and he knows it’s hopeless.”* * *Donato had sworn to himself that if he ever made it to Contestants’ Row, he wouldn’t one-dollar-up anybody. He just wasn’t a one-dollar-up kind of guy. But in his second crack at The Item Up For Bid, a set of lamps and some eye drops, he is one-dollar-upped by contestant Elizabeth, who goes on to play for a new white Cadillac.Donato...