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...entire value of Feeney's ownership stake in the duty-free shop empire DFS Group Ltd., which he turned over to the foundations in 1984--remains in the trusts' coffers. Feeney's beneficence already ranks among the grandest of any living American and may someday make him the most generous philanthropist of all time...
...these glorious times, I pledge a generous new labor contract next spring. Our shareholders may cringe at those words. But I'm flat tired of losing my top talent to competitors. Our dollhouse team moved on to bigger things: building real houses in the Sunbelt. The Gap poached hundreds of our point-of-sale reps, signing them to lucrative deals to man its cash registers. Nintendo wooed away our Year 2000 computer debuggers to design next-generation Diddy Kong. In today's tight labor market, such skills are tough to replace. I've located a few jobless elves in Asia...
...bumptious codger Barney Panofsky of Barney's Version (Knopf; 368 pages; $25) is more than a familiar Richler hero. He is the author's fullest expression of the type: a pleasure-loving scoundrel with a generous romantic streak and a gift that can turn schmoozing into literature. Barney makes his sizable living producing Canadian-content TV series like McIver of the RCMP ("big on bonking scenes in canoes and igloos"). He calls his company Totally Unnecessary Productions, a name that flaunts his self-loathing but, more important, pre-empts the scorn of his artistic betters...
...multiple-birth mother, I know what the McCaugheys are in for. I hope a few more generous folks will give the McCaugheys some very important things: free counseling when they are stressed out and overwhelmed and some weekend-getaway packages for just the two of them, so that they can spend time alone together and stay connected. The best gift for any child is a healthy and strong marriage shared by two loving parents. DIANNE NITZAHN Sherman Oaks, Calif...
...general feeling in the country, say analysts, is that the generous tax slashing might not be enough to re-animate Japan's economy. Economists suggest the country needs a tax cut of up to three times that magnitude...