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...University said one donor, Howard A. Heffron, had already given $5 million to found the institute and other foundations and private donors had contributed as well. But it was unclear how much those donations amounted to or how extensive the campaign to fund the institute would...
Forget gas prices and the war. A drowsy 13-year-old is the campaign story consuming the Beltway. A Late Show with David Letterman segment called "George W. Bush Invigorates America's Youth," which aired last week, showed TYLER CROTTY, the son of a Bush donor, fidgeting, yawning and checking his watch as the President gave a lengthy speech in Orlando, Fla., last month. CNN reported--incorrectly--that the White House claimed Crotty had been edited into the video. Letterman denied the tape was doctored, CNN apologized, and the White House (which apparently hasn't enough to do) helped...
...giving to Harvard is perhaps best seen as an investment with significant leverage on society.” In reality, senior gift revenues go to “unrestricted funds” that “allow Harvard to address immediate priorities.” The donor does not decide whether to support, for example, “senior thesis work” in Visual and Environmental Studies or “professionalization of assistant coaching ranks.” None of that has “significant leverage on society,” although it does have significant leverage...
Equally unpersuasive points abound in the Survival Guide—for example, that the senior gift makes other students happy here, even if the donor himself is not—and it’s quite clear that the committee exists to bleed seniors of cash: “We want all students to give what they can,” giving being “relative to one’s financial circumstances.” The committee strikes a disturbingly Orwellian chord: “It is important to educate all seniors about proportionate giving...
...panel of experts last week recommended that the FDA approve the CardioWest Total Artificial Heart for use as a temporary, fully implantable replacement heart that can keep a patient alive until a transplant can be found. That's lifesaving news for the 3,500 Americans waiting for a heart donor. But it's also a sobering reminder that only 2,000 human hearts become available through donation each year...