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After a 1977 agreement between Harvard and Radcliffe College, most prizes formerly designated exclusively for men or women became open to both sexes. In some cases, however, where a donor's intent had been to honor specifically a man or a woman, the sex prerequisite prevailed. Such was the case of the Frothingham Award, for which one of the selection criteria is "manliness." Now the Frothingham Award is also under review, as Harvard attorneys determine whether it is possible to award the prize to women as well...
...done a lot of good. But it may also be because Gates & Co., having shunned the political fray for years, have become overnight capital insiders. Microsoft has made $1.7 million in campaign contributions so far this election cycle. It's now the nation's sixth largest soft-money donor, and its lobbying staff boasts four former members of Congress...
...annual lectureship, which will feature a different poet each year, was established by an anonymous donor...
...would provide every candidate with his or her total campaign funding. The plan, which was met with lukewarm support from the patron saint of campaign finance, John McCain, would get rid of the direct ties between private contributors, federal officeholders and the two political parties. "The views of the donor will have absolutely no influence on the views of the recipient," said Gore Monday of the proposal, which would combine the less-than-$1,000 from private citizens and the big, "soft money" donations of corporations, political action committees and unions into a central slush fund called the Democracy Endowment...
...does come along, it will at first be rather small-bore stuff--pancreatic islet cells for diabetics, say--rather than hearts, kidneys or lungs. Whatever it is, even a little new transplant material is a big improvement over what's available now, and for gravely ill patients awaiting a donor, that's no small thing...