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...were more generous when we were less rich, many of the rich countries. And it is beyond me why are we so stingy, really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jan. 10, 2005 | 1/2/2005 | See Source »

...which this reporter should really remove from his cell phone because of the temptation to make prank calls as Robin) and invites them to his house. People who have met him just once have got offers to stay at his villa in Lake Como, Italy. It's exactly how generous you hope you'd be if you were a rich, famous, 43year-old bachelor. A bachelor so charming that even his ex-girlfriends speak of him without bitterness. Quite a feat, especially when you consider that they are women who narrowly missed out on marrying George Clooney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Wiz Of Show Biz | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

What's more, the closer experts look at how doctors actually diagnose high blood pressure, the more they think they've been grading on a too generous curve. Traditionally, readings between 120/80 and 140/90 have been labeled borderline, less likely to require drugs or other intervention. Now the NHLBI believes that patients may begin approaching danger when their systolic reading--the first number--is as low as 115. Although pressure varies from moment to moment and day to day, a reading that hits the danger zone on two separate visits to the doctor may signal trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blowing A Gasket | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

HOFFMAN: I believe that actors should play to actors, not to their characters. So in this movie, I'm trying to dramatize smothering a kid. The best way to do that is to smother Ben. Not the character. Now Ben is a really warm, generous person, but he doesn't like his space invaded. So I just felt that I was going to jump on him and kiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: High Drama, Low Comedy | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

Galluccio said Harvard could earn the goodwill of Cambridge residents by agreeing to a generous payment, since MIT’s agreement was focused on preventing property from being taken off the tax rolls, rather than establishing a high annual sum paid to the city...

Author: By Alan J. Tabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Pressured to Pay City More | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

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