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First, HCSSA would like to express our appreciation for the generous help and support we received from GSAS and the university administration in arranging Hailei's funeral and in facilitating his family's visit. Special thanks go to Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Garth McCavana; Ellen Fox, Director of Student Services; Associate Director of the International Office Sharon Ladd; Counselor from the Bureau of Study Counsel Sunglim A. Shin; President of Graduate Student Council Adam Fagen for their active participation in a seminar discussion on Hailei's death and for their help in other matters...
Plays Well's generous burden is redundancy. Like Mims, Gurganus has a native connection to North Carolina and the windy school of Southern writing. But unlike many of its more portentous graduates, he grounds catastrophe with humor. A shopping bag full of sex toys splits open on a crowded subway. A whimsical riff describes heaven as a polymorphous playground where Emily Dickinson is one of the few chaste holdouts. Elsewhere too, Gurganus puts a lot of buck-and-wing into what his fictional half calls a "Comedy of this shuffle toward the crypt...
Despite all the hype, and all the anti-IRS hysteria, only 5,000 taxpayers nationwide called in advance for appointments, and there were not a lot of drop-bys. Perhaps more will come in April. For now, however, it seems the generous offer to spend your Saturday with an IRS agent doesn't hold that much appeal...
...sexual advance toward her six years ago, when he was Arkansas Governor. When Jones' team of lawyers recently quit after she rejected a settlement offered by the President's attorneys, it was Whitehead's group that hooked Jones up with her present attorney. And thanks mainly to Rutherford's generous funding--Whitehead estimates its share of her court costs could add up to $200,000--Jones has been able to force the President, who denies the incident happened, to defend himself in a trial to begin...
...features of the Internet is clearly stated and reiterated from an economic standpoint throughout the book. Though the target audience seems to be limited to male members of the corporate world, almost anyone can appreciate the tidbits of advice that constitute the book's conclusion. "Trust but verify." "Be generous." "Always make new mistakes." Equally applicable in real life and in cyberspace, the basic tenets of Esther Dyson's design for living in a digital society enliven and illuminate Release...