Word: gifting
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...magic of the gift of flowers, however, is lost if executed improperly. The most catastrophic mistake (i.e. chivalric sin) is giving gifts in excess. There is a fine line between the propensity to charm and the susceptibility to suffocate. So tread carefully...
...stood up during the show to thank the audience and to remind them of the show’s goal to help fight childhood cancer. “To see young people here, who perhaps 30 years ago would not survive, this is the greatest gift of all,” he said during the performance. Nine-year-old Yasmin Siraj of Brookline was the first performer. The fourth grader has won medals at various New England competitions and said she practices skating six days a week. “I love to do shows,” said Siraj...
...services for Katrina victims—from feeding them snacks to finding them shelter beds. But in very few (if any) cases will Harvard’s Katrina donations mean the difference between life and death. Although it’s difficult to quantify the impact of a charitable gift, we can be quite certain that Harvard’s money could save many more lives in Malawi than it will in Mississippi. One might argue that, as Americans, we have a responsibility to our compatriots that trumps our obligation to the Third World. (Try telling that to the international...
...managed to absorb the concept of weighing the cost/benefit of such a situation, even if I routinely ward off economics and other math-like endeavors with my garlic pendant. And did I mention that the “Supernatural” marketing team had actual gifts for passersby in certain locations? That is, if your very liberal definition of a gift includes those trendy, “love-a-cause,” wristbands...
...relationship for life,” Chadbourne adds, “so that people are going to be excited to come back for reunions.”The marshals will be joined on the Senior Class Committee by House representatives, the class secretary, the class treasurer, and the Senior Gift co-chairs, all of whom will be chosen within the next two months.Alberts, who is also a Crimson executive, said she hopes that the selection of these other committee members will bring more female representation to class planning. Only two of this year’s marshals are women...