Word: robins
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...money is going where it is supposed to go? "There's an immediacy to supporting a straightforward cause that can make people feel good," says Erika Ineson, a fund-raising consultant based in New York City. It can also be contagious, a sort of cyberversion of Pay It Forward. Robin De Luca, a single mother, sent a donation to savekaryn.com because she "thought it was hilarious." In October she launched her site, sexysinglestrugglingmomneedsyou.com to help finance her fight against hepatitis C. Her tally so far: $117. --By Harriet Barovick
...them happy. This space-traveler version of Treasure Island--replete with flying galleons and intergalactic pirates--splashes lavish special effects on a colorful palette without forfeiting attention to character detail. Example: the movie's protean robot as voiced by Martin Short is the most complex, delirious cartoon sideman since Robin Williams' Genie in Aladdin. Directors Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules) take a while to get their vehicle to sail and soar. But when it does, this Planet is a treasure...
...From Eliot House: Elvira Castillo ’03, Robert J. Fenster ’03, Wei Ho ’03, Christopher R. Laumann ’03, Robin S. Lee ’03, Tara A. McAllister ’03 and Mandam D. Muzumdar...
Associate University Archivist Robin McElheny recalls that Agatha was a frequent visitor to the archives in Pusey Library, and that she occupied herself in the same ways as other visiting alumni—viewing class reports, requesting and paying for photocopies...
...villagers found them suspicious. A police officer, while driving the two men back to the station for interrogation, related the folkloric tale of ‘Abde Mamad Lalari, a famous sheep thief and infamous Iranian Don Juan. Rossoukh had thought Lalari to be an entirely fictional character, like Robin Hood. This police officer said differently. “He told me, ‘I arrested him last week,’” Rossoukh said...