Word: mementos
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There are many who would have treasured one small memento from Camelot but could in no way afford to purchase it. I do not begrudge the Kennedy children any of the proceeds, but I do question why so much money is in so few pockets. MONIKA DAVIES Lusk, Wyoming...
...street side, the inscription reads "Enter to Grow in Wisdom"--nothing terribly shocking for a University. But the message written on the Yard side of the gate betrays its age: "Depart to Serve Better Thy Country and Thy Kind." These words designate the gate a relic, a memento from a time that has surely left us behind. The inscription, composed by Harvard President Charles William Eliot, class of 1893, elegantly expresses a concept of the university that seems archaic and foreign these days. Eliot and his contemporaries envisioned Harvard not only as an institution of unrivaled scholarship...
...Maxis, which makes computer-simulation games. The company went public last May, and now Braun's stake is valued at about $79 million. To commemorate deals, investment banks make Lucite cubes containing miniature versions of the "tombstone" ads that run in newspapers announcing an offering. Braun holds up his memento of the Maxis IPO and says, "I'm proud of this. This represents the maturing of the company. It says you're an adult now. You can go out in the real world...
...fashion press showed up to pay their respects to a prospective new advertiser. The editors gossiped, sipped their drinks and looked each other up and down in that New York fashion-business way. A good time was had by all. When they left, most of them carried a small memento from Tse: a $160 cashmere sweater, one per partygoer...
...instant replays from different angles. Under the closing credits are outtakes showing blown stunts, with comic or near tragic results. Executing a fairly routine jump in Yugoslavia for The Armour of God, he missed a tree branch, hit his head on a rock and almost died. Chan has a memento of the accident: a thimble-size hole in the right side of his head. If you ask nicely, he'll let you put your finger...