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...called because of its essential idea: that if every able person in China were to contribute one renminbi (about 15 cents) once a month, then an enormous reserve could be built up for the relief of deserving causes (and thus create "one big family," to use One Foundation - speak). Although large corporate endowments are solicited and obtained, the soul of the enterprise really does lie in spare change. Ordinary Chinese donate by patronizing one of many businesses that Li has signed up - by dining at the South Beauty restaurant chain, for example (one renminbi off the bill goes...
...Some U.N. police are reluctant to speak on the record butprivately agree with Wilson's claims. Senior officers acknowledge some shortcomings but remain confident the force will be able to handle security duties. "This is a very young police service," says acting U.N. East Timor Police Commissioner Juan Carlos Arevalo Linares. "We cannot expect to have a police service like Australia's when this country has only had a police service for a little more than six years...
After Folman's memories came back full blast, he delved into other ex-soldiers' experiences of the Lebanon war. For Israelis it was a botched misadventure similar to America's war in Vietnam, and one nobody dared speak about afterwards. Folman posted notices on the Internet, asking veterans to come forward with their stories. He got over a hundred replies, and skillfully weaved into the film his ex-comrades' stories - and their nightmares. Waltz opens with a pack of snarling dogs racing through Tel Aviv's streets to converge outside an apartment belonging to a friend of Folman's. During...
...abroad might be supported.” “We’re still in the process of working out the budgetary aspects of it,” Lue said. “There is a budget, but I don’t think we are prepared to speak to what the total budget will be.” Applications for the Rockefeller Grant, along with those for all other Office of International Program Summer Grants, are due in late February. Rockefeller’s April gift also established the President’s Innovation Fund for International Experience...
...special event, titled “Frank Kramer—A Celebration” was recently held in his honor. Area residents gathered at the Harvard Book Store to hear local authors speak glowingly of him and his work. Bernays, an author who spoke at the commemoration, says that the event was “remarkable” and praised the now-retired bookseller...