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...through groups called future funds. Members pool their money--anywhere from $125 to $1,000--and then study proposals and award grants. So far, the idea is paying off, drawing dollars into community initiatives while priming young professionals for big-bucks giving down the line. Members often prefer start-up projects or edgy endeavors--as in Greensboro, N.C., where they funded gay bingo and a wireless-access corridor. Some groups even include networking (and romancing) amid the altruism--a decent return on a worthy investment. --By Esther Chapman
...Hamas leaders. It killed the group's founder and spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in March, drawing worldwide condemnation and even U.S. disapproval. "We are all waiting for the last day of our life," Rantisi said then. "If it is by an Apache [helicopter] or by cardiac arrest, I prefer that it will be by Apache." Indeed, Shin Bet, the Israeli intelligence service, had long tracked Rantisi--he survived a rocket attack last year--and Saturday night, when he drove on a Gaza street without the usual buffering entourage of civilians, the Israelis seized the opportunity...
After this experience, which do you think you prefer: directing a student’s work or directing a work by a famous, off-campus playwright...
...they want to use and what kind of “bundled extras” they feel are necessary. If the demand for these items were minimal, the publishers wouldn’t spend the money to produce them. To lower textbook prices, let your professors know you would prefer cheaper books and complain to the bookstores about inflating the costs...
Indeed, Minoru would prefer that Mori Building not be seen as a family company, even though his and his older brother Kei's immediate families own 100% of the stock. He dislikes the label because his mission diverges from what he considers the standard priorities of a family-run firm. "What we are doing is not to make money for the family," he says, "but to create something that contributes to the society." --By Jim Frederick. With reporting by Yuki Oda/Tokyo