Word: gifting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cynthia Rossano declined to comment on the gift...
...consummate storyteller and musician, Weinstein's gift is a quick poetic sharpness. And this is not let down by his original melodies, or a voice with a winningly odd way of talking the music while slipping four notes into a single word. Whether it was an amusing imaginary song like "Twelve Last Words" and "Maximum Security Life" or a gentle musing like "People Watching," Weinstein always displayed complete mastery of his music and slid effortlessly between sensitivity and soft comedic entertainment...
...Following the path of his idols, Thomas does some raging against the Establishment himself. "In the lead singer Zack De La Rocha's words, 'Anger is a gift,' the music stops and he whispers just those words," he said. "I believe it. Focusing anger on social injustice gets you more passionate about issues...
...According to Andy K. Tiedemann at the Harvard Development Office, the Loeb gift stands as the single largest ever in Harvard history from a living donor and, at its time, ranked among the top ten gifts ever to higher education. The contribution made its mark on the Harvard community, granting funding for undergraduate financial aid as well as endowing six professorships. Both 17 Quincy St--formerly the residence of the University president--and the campus drama center on Brattle Street were renamed in the Loebs' honor. Where did all the Loebs' money come from? After graduation John Loeb co-founded...
...that end, all funds for theproject--including a $2 million gift fromKatherine B. Loker, widow of Donald P. Loker '25,and another significant gift from Design Schoolalumnus Graham D. Gund--have been earmarked forthe project...