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Ever get a gift that looks beautiful but comes with a long list of special-care instructions? That's what opponents of Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito got last week when his 1985 application for a job in the Reagan Justice Department surfaced in Washington. In it, Alito espoused the idea that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion." With a solid majority of Americans in favor of legalized abortion, Alito's opponents thought they had finally found their cudgel. But the Senate Democrats, at least, did not seem prepared yet to use it bluntly...
...Senior Gift donation is a small amount of money, sometimes as little as $20, given at a dining hall or at a graduation event. Though the value of the gift may seem puny compared to Harvard’s $25.9 billion endowment, $20 goes a long way towards ensuring that bigger gifts will come in the future. The habit of giving encouraged by the Senior Gift ensures that the Harvard College Fund (HCF)—and specifically, the financial aid pool of the HCF—remains healthy for the years to come. Senior Gift contributions directly and indirectly...
...almost plaintive as he pleads for patience with Iraq's fledgling democracy. Last week he showed off a gift he received from President George W. Bush, a gold-foil-covered box containing a worn, leather-bound 19th century copy of the Federalist papers. Al-Jaafari has read the book in translation and cites the extensive debates over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution as a reason that the Iraqi democracy should not be rushed. When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited on Nov. 11, he told her he didn't want to have to "start at the beginning...
...onscreen husband and other co-star, Heath Ledger, struggles to think of anything to say about her. Perhaps that's because it's, you know, not very macho to talk up your fiancé and the mother of your child. "It was a big gift to have two people falling in love in our midst," says producer James Schamus of the duo's on-set romance."You forget how lovely that...
...gift-giving season approaches, TIME's report challenges us to make a tradition of contributing life-sustaining resources to those whose suffering knows no holiday. If the merely comfortable of the world pooled their modest gifts, they could make a difference that no individual hero or celebrity could ever achieve. Let us all be heroes...