Word: gift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like most seniors, all of our recent financial decisions have been made with the Senior Gift in mind. After forking over more than a hundred thousand dollars in the last four years, we are watching every penny so that we can make a massive contribution to an institution which is truly in dire need of funds...
While we remain concerned about the grade gap and the dearth of vans available to student groups, in pursuit of positions as generous neophyte alumni we put aside our differences with the administration. And so when it came to making spring break plans, with the profoundly worthwhile senior gift in mind, we discarded dreams of Cancun and selflessly pursued a bargain vacation...
...that the search committee has beendisbanded and the Lippers' original gift has beenreallocated, it is unclear how Harvard will fundor fill such a post...
...more than a decade, Butte has been perversely proud of its strange monument. Townsfolk, in fact, celebrate the acid lake, which, deceptively green and picturesque, sparkles on postcards. The Chamber of Commerce runs a trolley to the viewing stand and gift shop that it operates high over the waters. "Biggest tourist draw in southwest Montana," a chamber official crows. But even as visitors stream in, authorities must take elaborate steps to scare away waterfowl with loudspeakers, firecrackers and a boat. Such precautions weren't in place three years ago, when migrating Canadian snow geese had the misfortune to touch down...
...gave stock to a charity, you can deduct the market value at the time of the gift--not your cost. That provision had expired but was extended through June 1998. It will probably be extended again...