Word: generous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speech, a guest on Larry King Live said the President should "do a 100% grovel." The American President cannot, should not, must not grovel. But a strong man can tell hard truths; can be tough on himself; can, through painful candor, inspire a nation to be its best, most generous self. But he must be his best, most generous self first...
Thomas Wartmann deserves high marks as well. As a 25-year employee of PepsiCo, he had heard about the company's generous scholarship programs and made a mental note to have Christopher apply for one when the time came. Christopher did apply and "let out a whooping scream" when he won the maximum amount: $8,000. The University of Dayton kicked in $7,500 in scholarship and grant aid (money that won't have to be paid back), leaving the Wartmanns with a bill of just $5,500, which they plan to pay in 10 monthly installments of $550 each...
...Ming Judith Leung, valedictorian of the class of '98 at Nova High School in Davie, Fla. Leung, a poster child for the kind of diversity and achievement sought by colleges, earned a 4.0 GPA, taking 14 advanced-placement classes, and was accepted at Harvard, Yale and Stanford, with a generous aid package from each. By her calculation, Stanford's package was the best--a mix of loans and outright gifts. Her father earned just under $30,000 last year, and she felt her family couldn't afford to contribute as much as Yale expected. So she let Yale know...
...most families. "I would not recommend that any client save money in an EIRA," concludes Satovsky. Colleges have yet to decide how they'll count that money when determining aid, he reasons. Furthermore, in the year they withdraw from their EIRA, students won't qualify for the other generous programs created by Congress last year: the HOPE scholarship and the Lifetime Learning credit. Nor can money they withdraw from an EIRA be used in conjunction with a prepaid tuition plan. Since EIRAs are not considered retirement funds, they are set up in a child's name, and their value...
...Omar Minaya spotted Sosa playing ball as a 16-year-old in 1985, Minaya recalls that the 150-lb., 5-ft. 10-in. kid, dressed in a borrowed uniform, looked both athletically promising and malnourished. Last year Sosa signed a four-year contract for $42.5 million. Beneficiaries of his generous spirit abound. His mother now resides in the third house he has bought for her, and he has purchased 250 computers for poor schools back home...