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...copper and steel statue - formally named Liberty Enlightening the World - has been a fixture of New York City and a symbol for the nation since its dedication by President Grover Cleveland in October 1886. The 225-ton monument arrived a year earlier in 214 crates as a gift from France. Including her pedestal and foundation, Lady Liberty reaches 305 feet; her index finger measures eight feet long, tipped by a 13-inch fingernail. Designed by French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi to celebrate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, the statue's $250,000 tab was covered via donations...
Since the bequest of John Harvard in 1636, the FAS has been continually renewed by gifts from alumni and friends. In light of the current needs of the FAS, the Development Office has redoubled its energies in raising current-use unrestricted and financial aid funds for the Dean without adversely impacting gifts to the endowment. This will be reflected in Harvard College Fund messaging and overall fundraising approaches, and will require that the FAS speak with “one voice” about the importance of flexible gifts to the Dean. The FAS Development Office asks that all fundraising...
...regardless of whether it has the fundraising capabilities to meet its impossibly high targets, the UC may not even be able to receive donations given its legal status. As of now, it has received a $4,000 donation that it can only accept either via a “gift account” or “pledge account” created in conjunction with the university, since the UC has yet to earn full 501(c)(3) status...
...handily ahead of Democratic incumbents, despite the fact that President Barack Obama won those states last year by an average of 25%. If history is any guide, Republicans will also pick up House seats in 2010. (Read "GOP Senator Specter's Party Switch Gives Obama a 100-Day Gift...
...were not supposed to be on the menu - yet there they were. A small but vocal group of conservative Republicans showed up flashing signs like "RINOs Go Home," using the derogatory acronym for "Republicans in Name Only." (Read "GOP Senator Specter's Party Switch Gives Obama a 100-Day Gift...