Word: lincoln
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...gives? It's not Cambridge that gives, or, more precisely, it's not the part of Cambridge that surrounds Harvard, the richest part. It's the older, poorer sections, East Cambridge and especially North Cambridge. It's not Lincoln and Weston, even though that's where the money is. That money is going, if it's going anywhere but tax shelters and gold, to alma maters and politicians, not to poster children. Jerry's bucks--if the givers who make it on to television to present their checks are any indication--come mostly from people who have sort of made...
Like his father--now 95 and living near his son in Lincoln--Rand is a class agent, and he has actively participated in fund-raising for the University since his 25th reunion in 1968. He is, in every sense, a loyal Harvard trooper. Both his brothers went to school here. He supports the drive, not so much for its specific goals, but because it is Harvard and because it is Harvard and because he revels in what he calls "very high class" dinners and functions Harvard provides for fund drive supporters. Had this been a "bricks-and-mortar" drive...
...they promised but by improvising wisely when they faced the inevitable surprises. Thomas Jefferson plunked down $15 million cash for the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the U.S., something he never anticipated when he was designing a government for the 13 colonies. In the four months between Abraham Lincoln's election and his assumption of power, all hope for a peaceful solution to slavery vanished, and when Lincoln arrived in Washington, his task was to fight...
...Jesus Christ, the guy's a monster...big. Fellas, this guy can make love to the Lincoln Tunnel and all of New Jersey begs for more. Big? Sheesh. C'mon this...
...when he was invited to guest-conduct for the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1954, the idle dream and the classical passion harmonized nicely. Kaye, 68, has since trotted out his tux for guest appearances with symphony orchestras from San Francisco to Stockholm. For PBS's Sept. 23 Live from Lincoln Center performance of the New York Philharmonic, the baton will be passed by Musical Director Zubin Mehta, 45. Kaye does not read music, but, says he: "I know the scores by heart. I know the nuances I want. I just relay my instructions to the orchestra with expressions instead...