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...principle, Helga Moser doesn't have anything against paying taxes. Like all Germans, the 49-year-old Bonn medical technician has long enjoyed a generous cradle-to-grave welfare system, including a free education and good health care, clean streets, cheap public transport and the reassuring knowledge that she'll get a guaranteed pension when she retires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Escape From Tax Hell | 7/11/2004 | See Source »

...Many of the Staar's regulars live on the square and refer to themselves as "Squaronians." Over the years, they have included the locally celebrated Mekhong Kurt, Generous George, Speedo Keith and a host of other larger-than-life characters, some of whom have been bouncing around Bangkok for decades. After more than a few fingers of bourbon, Squaronians delight in chewing the fat under the Texas Aggie flag and the moth-eaten Cape buffalo head that?alongside yellowed Waylon Jennings and Kitty Wells record covers?grace the bar's wood-paneled walls. They'll wax nostalgic over fortunes made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Splendor | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

Regardless, the honors system was still generous, with only 9.4 percent of the class graduating without honors...

Author: By Margaret W. Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Decline, Magna Honors Rose in 2004 | 6/25/2004 | See Source »

...We’re very fortunate here at Harvard in that we have a very generous alumni population that believes in our ability to continue to meet the full need of all of our students,” Donahue said...

Author: By Alan J. Tabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard May Lose $1.5M in Gov't Aid | 6/25/2004 | See Source »

...writes, adding that Tenet preferred to work behind the scenes on minor disagreements about the data "instead of speaking out" against the grand scheme. That's a harsh indictment of the man who kept America's secrets under two Presidents. But one of Tenet's colleagues was even less generous, saying simply, "We caved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Review: One Expert's Verdict: The CIA Caved Under Pressure | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

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