Word: generous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mother Harvard tells all of us that we have to contribute money right now in order to show that we care. What's more, our supposedly independent gift will be judged generous or not generous--"special" or not, as the committee euphemistically refers to it--on the basis of our parents' income, not ours...
After four years of participating in this type of generous giving, Harvard informs me and all my fellow seniors that we must be trained to start giving for real. Could it be that Harvard College, supposedly one of the best liberal arts colleges in the world, does not understand that giving can take many forms...
...increase in premium costs will require the government to spend $35 billion more than it estimated to subsidize small business over the next five years, and the premium hike will also force employers to spend 14% more than Clinton estimated. Moreover, Sheils notes, the subsidies themselves are more generous than they need to be. By 1998 subsidies will total $75 billion, while the current cost of uncompensated care is $16 billion. "You're spending $5 to save $1," says Sheils...
...Cambridge, many taxi drivers have fought city regulations requiring them to drive clean, new cabs and have asked the commission to be generous in annual inspections...
Though aid so far has been generous, the amountis likely to decline in the future, said WilliamB. Walsh Jr., president and chief executive of thehumanitarian group Project HOPE...