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...survivors of organ donors. The consensus could be there, at least in the medical community: In a statement made a few weeks ago, the American Medical Association reversed itself and announced the payments could be ethical as long as the amount is "small enough to be considered a thank-you rather than a bribe...
...books were, and what made them was the unappeasable desire to see the world as a release from what he believed to be his stunted and provincial origins. In retrospect, he despised Trinidad so much that he couldn't bring himself to mention it in his thank-you remarks on learning he'd won the Nobel. "It is a great tribute," he announced in measured terms, through his publisher, "to both England, my home, and to India, home of my ancestors." Well, among other places...
...concert, eagerly anticipated since scheduling conflicts prevented it last year, exists mainly as a “thank-you to our volunteers, mentors, faculty sponsors and contributors for the work they do,” said Daniel N. Elizondo ’02, coordinator of KidsCare, the in-house fundraising team. The money will go to specific projects to be employed throughout the year, although fund-distribution details haven’t yet been decided...
Therein lies the dilemma for those who wish to regulate assisted living. The vast majority of residents pay for their own care, and according to industry surveys, most are satisfied. Even at the height of turmoil at the Eagan center, several families wrote thank-you letters for the "wonderful" and "tender" care and for providing a place "just like home." So how to justify government intrusion? Michigan decided it couldn't, and the state swiftly passed a law that allowed Cyphert and all other assisted-living residents to stay as long as they wish if the family, the doctor...
Later that day I got a qualified thank-you e-mail from student Adam Riff, who invited me to hang out with a dozen friends in his parents' living room, where they tried to make me feel better. "We all enjoyed watching the principal squirm and turn red in the face," Adam offered. I was also told I was in good company because Star Trek Voyager's LeVar Burton spoke last year...