Word: offing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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But there's hope, a fresh alternative to the tawdry holiday present: gifts marketed by nonprofit organizations, with proceeds from these purchases going toward either the organization's general cause or a charitable service performed on the donor's behalf. Savvy holiday shoppers with a socially conscious heart often turn...
Rather than brave the holiday-shopping frenzy in search of wool socks and Pokemon paraphernalia, Linda Micke of Daly City, Calif., simply adopts animals from the San Francisco Zoo in her relatives' names. More than 130 zoos nationwide have adopt-an-animal programs, with average yearly adoption fees of $48...
Practicing Appalachian craft traditions that are centuries old, some students at Berea College in Berea, Ky., have learned to weave, sculpt and carve an assortment of household items that would make even Martha Stewart jealous. The Berea College Student Crafts catalog features hundreds of handmade products. Proceeds from every couch...
A goat isn't exactly at the top of every teenager's wish list, but that's what Dee Hahn, 58, of Redmond, Wash., bought her grandson Jeremy, now 14, last Christmas. Through World Vision, a nonprofit humanitarian organization, Hahn spent $75 in Jeremy's name to buy a dairy...
As she walked into an ornate conference room in Hafez Assad's Damascus palace last week, Madeleine Albright stole a quick glance at the door to a nearby bathroom. The only excitement during her previous meeting with the Syrian President had been getting locked in that bathroom until a security...