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...said the University received three large gifts??one $50 million and two $25 million—that year, contributing to a 40 percent spike in donations between...
...second lesson is an old standby: there is no such thing as something for nothing. Indeed, these free gifts??marvelous tokens of affection which are hurled at visitors so carelessly—are not just handed out willy-nilly, but rather are part of an exchange between buyer and seller aimed at attracting business for exhibiting companies. In order to earn the privilege of a precious free gift, one must pay the tax of listening to a sales pitch or presentation on a new product, which most likely has nothing to do with the gift you are lusting...
...Frese Dean’s Discretionary Fund is the last of a series of gifts??amounting to more than $8 million—from the Foundation to the University over the past 20 years...
NCAA regulations prevent college players from accepting any gifts??from free sandwiches to money—with the exception of a certain number of scholarships...
...well as witness the ultimate “Soccer Mom Stampede,” occuring minutes before a store opens that sells Fur Real teddy bears). Usually, I sleep in, since my Christmas shopping consists of Seinfeld-inspired “re-gifting” of crappy birthday gifts??but since my mom wanted somebody to carry her boxes, I trudged along to our local Mega-mall...