Word: gift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rectitude of a Minnesota boyhood to a Rhodes scholarship in Hitler- threatened Europe, formative days at the Washington Post and in Navy intelligence, writing at FORTUNE and editorial stewardship of Luce's empire, Donovan displays a skill at casting ethical and political debate in human terms and a gift for precision in portraying colleagues. On some topics -- the long decline of the weekly LIFE, endless jockeying in middle management, assorted ideas for new magazines that failed or were never tried -- the tale bogs down. But Donovan gives readers a candid sense of how decisions were made, complete with glimpses...
...outdo our last gift--a full night of sleep...
Despite recalling its birth as the beginning of higher education in America, the University sadly missed this opportunity to re-examine either itself or education in general. Both are replete with problems, a serious review might have been a perfect birthday gift--from Harvard to its students, faculty, alumni and staff, and to the educators worldwide who view this university as a model for excellence. Enjoy your party, Harvard. But forgive us, if you will, for thinking beyond the celebration. Classes, thankfully, begin in a few weeks...
HEALTH: For baby Alyssa, a gift of life...
Secret Santas may have had merrier holidays at Kirkland House. In a letter written by Kirkland Master Donald H. Pfister this week, the house's gift-giving festivities were characterized as a "mating ritual,... the culmination of a period devoted to titillating sexual activity under the guise of Holiday exchanges...