Word: generousity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since this is an obscure--indeed, fictional--town on the periphery of civilization, I tossed together some of my most cherished belongings, wrapped them in a kerchief, and threw them over my shoulder for sustenance in the hinterland. Several train changes and a limousine ride later (courtesy of my generous editor), I found myself at the famous Pig-N-A-Poke fair in down-town Tumbleweed...
...credit, Harvard did indeed abandon some of its aloofness last week when it devoted $1 million to an anti-apartheid fund. This was a generous move, but it was also clearly a use of the University's money to make a moral statement. Students now are asking the University to up the ante and make the moral statement even more powerful...
...greater weakness of divestment as an effective means of ending apartheid, Bok says, is stockholder replacement. He argues that if we sold our stock, it would naturally be bought by someone else, presumably less concerned over apartheid, and therefore contribute nothing to resolution of the problem. It's very generous of Bok to keep Harvard's hands dirty to spare other investors; perhaps Bok would like to send Libya some nuclear weapon blueprints to spare other Universities from providing the information to Quadaffy...
...greater problem is the growing number and size of personal-injury lawsuits. Says Rudolph F. Landolt, president of Chicago's Kemper Group of Insurance Companies: "You have an accident, and everyone involved gets sued. We live in litigious times." Insurance companies blame courts for being far too generous in determining liability and juries for granting exorbitant awards. "There is no limit to it," says Albert Abend, spokesman for Hartford's Aetna. "There are no federal standards. What kind of business environment is this...
...express strongly enough what a smart move it was to stay here I'm extremely satisfied with my Harvard experience, and I feel complete here. I'll be entering my senior year in the fall and will be a generous alumnus after graduating (I have to make sure my kids get in, you know.) In fact I'm one of Harvard's biggest advocates. It probably seems strange for the guy who once nearly transferred out to be convincing high school seniors to come, but I honestly feel anyone would do well here...