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...Ping. I told her my story, and she gave me $2,000. She said 'little brother, take this and pay me back when you can.' I still owe her $1,200, but she never asked for the money." Says Song Lin, a restaurant worker: "She is even better than Robin Hood because he stole from the rich. Sister Ping never stole anything and still helped the poor. She is a good person." Says Ping's younger sister Sue, who lives in New Jersey: "My sister was just thinking of helping others. How would she know it would get her into...
...York City, the Robin Hood Foundation collects contributions--many by credit card through its website--and distributes them to antipoverty organizations, to which it offers management support and from which it requires accountability. "What we do is not only give money but business skills and expertise in marketing, public relations, technology, financial and business management," explains Paul Brainerd, president of Aldus Corp. and founder of Social Venture Partners, a nonprofit consortium for techies who don't merely write checks but also lend their skills...
DeGeneres is by no means the only comedian with this problem. Fame isn't good for comedy. (Seen Robin Williams do anything funny recently?) Neither, alas, is happiness. (Why so quiet, Jerry Seinfeld?) DeGeneres is dealing with a triple-barreled assault on her humor resources. And perhaps it's better to be happy and a hero than to be funny. But it doesn't augur well for her new comedy-variety show, scheduled to air on CBS in November, which she, worryingly, describes as an old-fashioned comedy show. Please, Ellen, no hugs...
...While storeowners say the stories of Briggs & Briggs, the Bow and most recently Sage's are indicative of a worrisome trend, Robin A. Lapidus of the Harvard Square Business Association says the fears result from overreaction and negative spin...
According to Jean, when Burt Ward--who played Robin on TV's "Batman"--came to visit Harvard, Lampoon members dressed up as the Penguin and his crew and stole Ward's Robin suit...