Word: reasonableness
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This year, there exists an even more compelling reason to give to an alternative endowment. The revelation that the dean of the Kennedy School formally offered potential donors Officer of the University status in return for a donation make clear that something stinks in Harvard's attitude toward fundraising, and it's not just the fertilizer used to ensure that, come Commencement, the Yard will be green with grass and the cash of nostalgic alumni...
Bush and his advisers began painting Dukakis as soft on defense and big on social spending, a return ticket to high inflation and interest rates. "Dukakis is just a Northern-fried Jimmy Carter," said Bush Campaign Manager Lee Atwater. Reason for the assaults: "Dukakis is starting to emerge as a stature candidate, slightly bigger than life," explained a Bush aide. "That has to be nipped. It's much easier to shape opinion about a candidate when he's still relatively unknown...
...impose the price increases largely because of intense demand from Japan, where the strong yen has made imported gems a bargain and young couples have developed a newfound fondness for diamond engagement rings. While many diamonds have become more expensive in the U.S., sales still sparkle aplenty. One reason: single professional women are increasingly buying their own gems -- in discreet sizes...
Home is Mexico, the reason why the single-story trading post was built here, on high ground a respectful 200 yards from the Rio Grande in the Big Bend National Park area of Texas, sometime around the turn of the century. The border is still the major reason for the trading post's existence. There are no U.S. or Mexican customs and immigration stations within 50 miles, and tradition has allowed for free movement across the border. "Occasionally the border patrol will cruise by," remarks Christine Gutierrez, who works at the trading post but lives across the river. "They seldom...
Welcome to the April rush. Across the country last week, colleges were scrambling to land academic superstars. The reason for their push to recruit: with the baby boom busted, enrollments have been on a slow but steady slide since 1980. This has prompted even the fussiest schools to adopt glitzy new marketing gimmicks for wooing top prospects. "Everybody's hustling," says Robert Thornton, director of admissions at New College in Florida. Last week Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., held an open house featuring a student play and poetry readings to emphasize the school's strength in the arts. Colgate...