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Somewhere out there is a set of grandparents ready to give a million dollars through their granddaughter to Senior Gift (let's face it, no students are making enough now by themselves to give hundreds of dollars of their own money earned without any major fiscal support from their family). I say wonderful--let them give, let them fund students like myself (Class of 1954 scholarship recipient). Theirs is a gift that keeps on giving, however, and lest we forget it gives to me and them. Many gifts contribute to reputations and bring great personal satisfaction to benefactor (I didn...
...makes sense, then, except that senior gift isn't like Radcliffe Phonathon or even letters to Grammy: it gets personal. As a senior gift representative sat down next to me at launch the other day, I was suddenly face to face with the opposition and the worst part was he seemed nice. A relative stranger pitching a plan I couldn't cooperate with, to his credit the guy really made it sound appealing. When he finally looked up at me, expecting a little resistance but eventual capitulation, I was stuck. Did I ever say no to Secret Santa? Didn...
While we don't learn much that's new about Clinton, we do learn a lot about George. He's weepy and can find the cloud in any silver lining. He was so stressed when he realized what an inept press secretary he was that his face broke out and he grew a beard to hide it. He delayed seeking therapy and antidepressants because he feared an unflattering story would leak to the press...
...tight for cash that Crown Prince Abdullah, who is running the show for the ailing King Fahd, has boldly cut the budget. And he is reportedly sending out "Abdullahgrams" to spendthrift nephews, demanding that they reverse their habit of ignoring telephone and electricity bills or face service cutoffs like ordinary Saudis...
...effectively with customers, suppliers and employees. Professionals consider the bandwidth available in a locality when they decide where to work, live and buy vacation homes. The same calculation is made by affluent retirees who track investments online. At the same time, kids who aren't skilled on the Net face a growing disadvantage in college and the job market...