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...astounded," Davis said yesterday. "It's nice to be rewarded for teaching, but teaching is itself an enormous reward and I would be glad to teach if I never got an award in my lifetime...
...been violated and demanding a passport. "I came to America because I love this country," he told TIME several weeks ago. "They took my freedom and put my life in danger. Everything put in front of me was like a mirage." A Justice official then tried to kill the reward altogether, arguing that Awad would use the money to finance his suit against the government. That proposal ignited yet more bureaucratic wrangling...
...largely the determined campaign of Bradley Smith, the head of the State Department's reward program, that secured Awad his payment. For the neglected Awad, Smith's efforts represented the dose of appreciation and human kindness that had been missing all along. Last week when Awad was finally given his long-awaited check, he seemed less interested in the record- breaking payment than in the presence of Smith at the paltry ceremony. "He took my heart," Awad said. "I know he did everything he could." Later that afternoon, Awad announced he would advise his lawyers to drop his suit...
...credit cards. The New York City transit authority has joined the Washington Metro and the Bay Area Rapid Transit line in installing a fare-card system, which has contributed to a 40% drop in fare beating this year and could soon be used to introduce different price levels that reward frequent riders. Some states, among them Maryland, are replacing food stamps and welfare checks with bank cards that give welfare recipients access to prearranged monthly sums. At the New York City synagogue Ohab Zedek, members can have their monthly donations electronically deducted directly from their bank accounts. "This makes giving...
...Mandela, consensus must be its own reward, for he does not always get his way. During his imprisonment on Robben Island, he wanted to stage a strike to force the warders to address prisoners with the honorific "Mr." But he was always turned down by his comrades. Last year he urged the A.N.C. to reduce the voting age to 14, but his colleagues refused. Once he has lost, he publicly speaks in favor of the position he opposed. "I sometimes come to the National Executive Committee with an idea and they overrule me," he recently observed. "And I obey them...