Word: legacyism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Lady Di's Legacy Why do people still love Princess Diana [Sept. 3]? Because she was compassionate, warm and humane. Why are Prince Charles and Camilla unpopular? Because they seem unethical, cold and selfish. Diana left the world an infinitely rewarding message of generosity and kindness. Akikazu Nagatomi, KUNITACHI CITY...
Benjamin J. Heller ’94, a managing director at the hedge fund HBK Investments who has known El-Erian professionally for a decade, said yesterday that El-Erian’s legacy would be his rebuilding of HMC’s internal management team in the wake of...
Edsel Ford was a cultured man, a collector and an arts benefactor, in a town and time where culture equaled "pie-eating contest." He supported expeditions to the polar ice caps. His philanthropic legacy lives on in the Ford Foundation.
I propose we rehabilitate the name. Fifty years from now, Edsel--derived from the Old German Adal, meaning "noble"--should bring to mind not the failed car but the decent man whose legacy fell under the huge chrome wheels of consumer culture on its first reckless laps.
Princess Diana's Legacy Why do people still love Princess Diana [Sept. 3]? Because she was compassionate, warm and humane. Why are Prince Charles and Camilla unpopular? Because they seem unethical, cold and selfish. Diana left the world an infinitely rewarding message of generosity and kindness. Akikazu Nagatomi, Kunitachi City...