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Americans, always generous to victims of tragedy, may have outdone themselves this time. In less than three weeks, they hurled nearly $600 million in cash, checks and pledges at more than 100 charitable funds for those whose lives were shattered on Sept. 11. The total is far more than any other relief effort in history--enough to give about $97,000 to the family of each of the 6,193 dead or missing. Collecting money in this crisis, it turns out, is easy. The hard part is figuring out where it should go. Relief agencies ranging from the United...
...never told exactly why young intern J.D. Dorian (Zach Braff, center) decided to become a doctor. Maybe he watched a lot of TV, whose M.D.s have traditionally had power, money and sex appeal. But in the real world, the physician-as-God is as dated as house calls and generous insurance plans, as J.D. discovers during his first day on rounds. His bosses care more about cash flow than care; he spends less time saving trauma victims than artificially prolonging the lives of patients who are all but dead; and the hospital is like a high school, where the cocky...
...unlike these groups, which have female counterparts, there is no female equivalent to the Theatricals, where student actors are granteda generous budget for costumes, lighting and sets and the opportunity to train with professional choreographers...
...impressive people, which is great.” His classmates return his praise. “He’s very enthusiastic,” said sailor Daphne W. Lyman ’05. “He’s a great guy, incredibly hospitable and generous with his time,” said Nicholas H. Ma ‘05, a friend of David?...
Harvard has already donated $1 million to a project appropriate for its role as a university: the funding of higher education for the children and spouses of the Sept. 11 victims. Harvard’s gift was generous, and it should feel no moral qualms about accepting donations from individuals with no connection to terrorism or terrorists save the unfortunate coincidence of family or name...