Word: gifting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...based Grand Casinos firm. Locals dubbed the enterprise the Stupak Stump and the Tower of Bobel. But say this about the Stratosphere: the man did it. In time it may fly or fall; today it is the instant dominant Vegas symbol. The Stratosphere could be Stupak's Tinker Toy gift to the gaming industry, or it could be the ultimate sardonic gesture--a giant metallic finger to those who have doubted...
...invention of an authority figure who was imperfect though invariably wise and right was a novel idea, Travers' gift to the modern children's book, just as the idea that a little boy could go off and have unsupervised adventures with his stuffed animals, however fantastical, was Milne's. Both writers were emerging from a Victorian tradition that saw children's literature as a didactic form whose function--if it wasn't to romanticize childhood--was to instill a respect for adult values and behavior...
...other Jackie, Tacky Jackie, was not so inspiring. I remember reading one of the early "Jackie, Oh!"-type biographies and being struck by the story of First Lady Jackie receiving, as a gift from a head of state, a ceremonial gold sword. She held it in her hands as it gleamed in the lights of the East Room--and noticed that embedded in the surface were a host of beautiful jewels. First Lady Jackie became Tacky Jackie, and tried to find out how to get the jewels out, to make herself some earrings...
Well, sort of. The trouble is the gift was an antibiotic called CeclorCD, which is not on the World Health Organization's list of essential drugs for the treatment of refugees. Nor is it on the treatment schedules of any countries in central Africa. Because of the risk of causing resistance to more valuable drugs commonly used in the region, the leading relief group, Doctors Without Borders, says it would never prescribe such a medication in the camps. Even so, Lilly sent enough for 1.3 million people. Barrels containing 200,000 tablets each arrived in Rwanda, with only a handful...
...renaming also recognized Areeda's donation of more than $5 million to the Law School last year. His gift was the second largest to the Law School from an individual in the school's history