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...mountain. In a town (Pupickton--from the Yiddish for belly button) built on his belly, the residents live in fear of waking him, until one day rambunctious little Carolinda does so. Sent to placate him, she sings a lullaby that soothes him into eternal sleep, after which her gift fosters a tradition of singing that makes the town famous. Gerstein's story lacks only one thing: an enterprising composer who can turn it into an opera...
...joint venture of Harvard and MIT. The new funding to the Broad Institute, which doubles the $100 million originally announced by the billionaire couple in 2003, will be made through Harvard and will be distributed over 10 years. When the initial donation was made to MIT last year, the gift was considered “seed” money for an eventual $300 million fund to be raised through donations from alumni and other donors. But during the press conference that followed the announcement yesterday, founding director of the institute Eric S. Lander avoided saying whether that goal had been...
...this kind of career path,” he said.The Petrie-Flom Center will also fund research projects, workshops, conferences, and possibly an academic journal focusing on health law policy and bioethics, Elhauge said. But Elhauge also said the center would need to look beyond its $10 million gift.“Frankly, I expect we need to raise some more money to be more ambitious,” he said.Flom, who has spent his career as a mergers and acquisition lawyer and who has helped finance Harvard’s human rights programs, said he would not be surprised...
...WEBER SUMMIT PLATINUM D6 GRILL. ?It works like a charm. It's the granddaddy of all barbecues. And it's a pretty darn good gift.? $2,200; locate a dealer on weber.com
Initially given as a gift to Harvard in 1922 by Ernest G. Stillman, class of 1907, the painting will be auctioned at Christie’s auction house as part of a sale titled “Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures.” The painting has a projected sale price of $3 million to $5 million...