Word: generousity
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...seen nothing quite like Royal before. She seeks to lead a nation that makes a big deal of honoring and supporting its women. In no European country outside Scandinavia do women make up as large a proportion of the workforce as in France - thanks in part to a generous system of maternity support, which has also given France Europe's second highest fertility rate, behind only Ireland. Women run France's Defense Ministry, one of its most prestigious math programs, the world's biggest builder of nuclear power plants, the national theater and the employers' federation (see Leading Ladies). With...
Both Republican Party leaders were at the Harvard Club to raise money for the GOP and to honor Massachusetts' most generous and effective GOP fundraiser, Richard J. Egan, founder of the data storage company...
...Ahmadinejad is a divine miracle, that she is intolerant and linked to political groups who would govern Iran with 7th century mores. Left to our own speculation, we assumed the wives of this administration were traditional housewives, harmless women who cooked for their families and enjoyed religious rituals. A generous-hearted friend of mine even hypothesized that on the inside, they were probably not unlike us. Sure, they wear a lot more black and don't go to caf?s, she said, but deep down they probably just care about creating a healthy, stable society that's good for their kids...
...improve education ... [And] what is the point of money if it's not made to be given back to society?" Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan said that he would bequeath half his wealth to help Asian youth. In May, Forbes named Chan as one of the world's most generous celebrities in a list that included Bono, Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey. And Li Ka-shing, long one of Asia's biggest donors, revealed at a press conference on Aug. 24 that he plans to give one-third of his fortune, now estimated to be $18.8 billion...
...noon, when I was up and contemplating a sandwich, word had spread around the neighborhood. Everyone blamed the dearth of fresh bread on the government's over-generous aid to the Shi`ites of Lebanon, displaced in the recent fighting between Israel and Hizballah. I should point out that my neighborhood is split between religious and secular families, and that the most pious of the bread-deprived were just as quick to shake their heads with resentment. No one said "let them eat cake," but it came pretty close...