Word: pushed
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With the recent raising of the Campaign’s sights, there’s going to be a lot of hullabaloo around here, as development officers try to preserve momentum from the first part of the fundraising drive and refocus it into the new push. There’ll be palm-greasing, backslapping, nostalgia, and simple exhortations to key alums to the fact that the final goal is no longer near, but two years and $135 million away...
...selves are not quite as essential as we might like to imagine. Whether Taylor is a Buddha or just a debilitated stroke victim, during this week of honoring personal achievement, perhaps we should all consider, at least for a moment, the extent to which the forces that push us ever-onward with seemingly infinite force are no more immutable than so many neurons, waiting for a blood vessel to burst...
...with cash we consume and pay at the same time, but when we pay with a credit card we are decoupling the timing of consumption from payment. We eat now and pay later, making the pain of paying lower and the enjoyment from the meal higher. We can even push the pain of paying to a more extreme level. Imagine that when you step into the restaurant the waiter tells you that the average diner eats about 50 bites and spends about $50 in this restaurant, making it a dollar per bite. He further informs you that today they have...
...corporations in part because of their beneficial effects on the community. Schools like Harvard and Boston University not only produce citizens that are educated to help their communities, but are also some of the top employers in their area. Taxation could serve as a disincentive for donations that might push the endowment over $1 billion, and the tax was rightfully disposed of. Schools that have sizeable endowments should make a practice of charitable donations, but those should be University-driven and not mandated by the state...
...Gaullist danger hung over the chamber on Tuesday when Gaillard staked his cabinet on a vote of confidence and won, 282-196. The Premier used the vote as a maneuver in his up-hill struggle to push stabilizing constitutional reforms through the Assembly, but he faces further debate on the proposal next week...