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...Grave, authors Gerald and Jeffrey Condon argue that incentives don't work. "True character cannot be molded by money," they write. "You cannot salvage by inheritance what you fear you have not accomplished during your life." But others endorse incentive trusts as a useful way to motivate silver-spoon heirs. "Provide a resource, not an entitlement," says Joanne Johnson, a wealth-adviser manager at J.P. Morgan Private Bank...
...nurture local film talent, and the city's well-equipped schools are churning out technically adept film students. So far, they've taken to the training, but still haven't shown much vision. "The Singaporean mind-set," says Khoo, "seems to be that we'll just take that spoon and eat whatever is given to us." Neo has opened the envelope. Now someone just needs to push it a bit farther...
...genes” portion of the title refers to Watson’s search to understand the role of RNA in the transfer of genetic information from DNA to protein. Little background scientific knowledge is necessary: Watson essentially spoon-feeds all relevant information and intersperses these chunks with the arguably more engaging details of his personal life. A helpful “cast of characters” section at the beginning of the book allows the reader to keep track of the many names Watson strews throughout his narrative...
...time I asked it to the winter formal and tried to get it drunk; all it wanted to do was spoon...
...moment you walk through your parents' familiar front door. You and your little brother are both grownups now, but you still can't stand the way he refuses to rinse out the bathroom sink after brushing his teeth, and he's infuriated by your insistence on using your personal spoon to serve yourself at the dinner table. ("Germs are everywhere!" he reminds you. "And I don?t want yours...