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...values and work ethic that produced their nest eggs in the first place. "So many wealthy families don't know anything about raising kids in a healthy environment," says Thayer Willis, author of Navigating the Dark Side of Wealth: A Life Guide for Inheritors. The daughter of multimillion-dollar parents herself, Willis says she was a "spoiled brat" in her youth. She quit jobs whenever things didn't go her way and spent money without limits - until she realized this was not the path to a satisfying existence. "Outsiders think, 'If I just had financial wealth, life would...
...Harvard College Financial Aid Office Web site is a prominent statement: “Helping You Meet Your Needs.” Peruse the site further and you will find it is replete with reminders of the financial might of an institution supported by a multi-billion dollar endowment...
...These jobs are divided into two categories: those paid for by the Federal Work Study Program and those that aren’t. Although FWSP jobs benefit these students, perhaps they benefit those that employ them even more. While the employers are obliged to provide 30 cents on the dollar to their students, the federal government covers the rest. One-third of the SEO’s jobs fall under this category and include much sought-after on-campus ones, such as library positions...
...really good October,” said MacDonald. “Sometimes you hear these economic forecasts, and it just doesn’t matter. The things we sell, these ‘affordable extravagances,’ people will still have their occasional five-dollar ice cream cone or eight-dollar cigar.” But he also acknowledged that his store increasingly depends on the University for customers, and that increased economic stress and rising unemployment could deter some customers who live farther away from the Square.“In the old days, people would come into...
...Taliban was toppled, and a Northern Alliance-dominated government took its place. Hamid Karzai, educated in India, became President. India stepped in with multimillion-dollar reconstruction projects. Pakistani officials mutter darkly about up to 19 Indian "consulates" based in sensitive border areas as if it were fact (there are only three). "Who is the beneficiary of this war on terror that requires the collaboration of Pakistan?" a retired major in the Pakistani army once asked me. "India is again in Afghanistan, working against us. Unless you demonstrate what good for Pakistan will come out of this collaboration, you will...