Word: gifting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Graduate School of Education (GSE) recently announced a $2.5 million gift from Yashuhisa and Kimiko Tsuzuki to establish the Sadae Tsuzuki Professorship, which will focus on the study of early childhood development...
...reason the public is cynical about government is the belief that money buys influence in proportion to the gift. And no type of campaign giving is larger than so-called soft money, which flows without limit from labor unions, corporations and wealthy individuals to the national parties. Direct gifts to candidates, called hard money, is strictly limited ($1,000 per candidate per election from individuals). But soft money, which goes to the parties, can be given with abandon. Insiders like to say, "It's soft because it isn't hard...
Both documents were dated Nov. 4, 1994. One was a four-line, handwritten note from President Clinton to Arthur Coia, signed "Bill" and thanking Coia for the gift of a handcrafted golf club ("It's a work of art!"). The second was a draft 212-page complaint from the Justice Department, previewing a lawsuit to place the Laborers' International Union of North America under federal control and oust Coia as general president, on grounds that he had knowingly let mobsters run the 750,000-member union...
DAVID VAN BIEMA, who wrote the story about Deepak Chopra and other New Age healers that makes up part of this week's cover package on faith and healing, has a rare gift for writing about spirituality without cynicism or gushiness. "Faith and matters of the spirit are as important to understanding America as politics," says Van Biema, whose last cover story was about Billy Graham's son Franklin. "They're a little tougher to track, but they're immensely rewarding." Religion is by no means Van Biema's only interest. Since he came to TIME three years ago from...
...mood for a little shopping? Flanking Quincy Market are pricey gift and craft shops as well as such traditional favorites as Victoria's Republic and The Gap. Don't forget to visit the seven story Limited...