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...still need supplies to distribute, and volunteers' shift toward time, not money, is only part of what threatens nonprofit budgets for years to come. Traditional bastions of financial support have plenty of their own problems. Corporations and foundation endowments have been crushed by the stock market. State governments, a key source of fee-based support, are seeing slumping tax revenues. On top of all that, Obama has proposed to reduce tax breaks for wealthy people's contributions...
...past decade or so was shiny, shrill and brazen. Damien Hirst's diamond-crusted skull, Jeff Koons' big mirror-steel bling things, Richard Prince's slutty-nurse paintings: they were all the swaggering output of a boom time. There were plenty of artists working in a different key, but no one could claim that anguished moralists were the representative figures...
...fulfilling career. “Your major obligation in life, unless you’re a religious fanatic, is to figure out what you want to do and do it,” Black said. Black said that he believed that by pursuing many interests, students can find the key to their happiness. “And you’re at Harvard. It’s like a grocery store full of options,” Black exclaimed. “Harvard is Whole Foods.” But Black, speaking in the midst of trying economic times, also...
...accurately conveyed the content and spirit of the event, it overlooked the exceptionally important work of my friend and colleague, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who served on the United States Postal Service Committee responsible for selecting individuals to be honored by the issuance of stamps. He played a key role in seeing that Charles Hamilton Houston was among the civil rights pioneers honored. He worked doggedly on this for years, and the fruit of his labors could not have come at a more fitting time for this nation generally and its African American community particularly...
...begin to wind down here, FlyBy would be remiss if it didn't mention a couple of its favorites. Quincy has been fairly low-key, outside of the distinctive color of their shirts. In this scene, they were in the process of getting outclassed by the Lowellians standing next to them. Fear not, though, you'll be getting a taste of that Master's Residence later today...