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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...
SAMA's coziness with Western bankers, and its safety-first investments, have stirred resentment among the Saudis' poorer neighbors. A leading Lebanese newspaper, As Safir, charged last month that Saudi Arabia was "a hostage of the West" held by "chains of gold." Arab nationalist groups throughout the Middle East argue that more of the Saudi surplus should be invested in the Third World...
...dedicated discounter who has saved as much as $5,300 on her grocery bills in a good year. She puts out a monthly newsletter called Market Wizard ("cash from trash") that goes to 132,000 subscribers. Like most other discounters, she is middle to upper-middle class. (Poorer consumers tend to go for the greater direct savings on lower-priced no-name brands.) As Janoyan puts it, "It feels like upper-middle-class poor to us. If it weren't for my couponing and refunding, we'd be on the broke list right...
...only were the new diplomas in English, students complained, but they were only half the size of the old certificates, were printed on poorer-quality paper, and were missing the College seal...
Alison Taylor as Alura has a fine voice and carries herself with a swanky, haughty boredom. Together with Lars-Gunnar Wigemark as her lover Max, the two make a fine pair of oblivious, infighting villians. The U.S. Army fares a bit poorer, though, again due to the failings of the book. Sellon has deliberately written the show without any main characters, and thus the three U.S.O. couples are not developed as separate entities to a sufficient degree. Howard Cohen as Hiram Parts stands out from the group, but in all, the characters tend to get lost in the shuffle...