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...capable of a shocking naivete and obtuseness--or, many thought, something worse. He had a sinister habit of thinking in terms of racial superiorities and inferiorities. During the late '30s, he led the isolationist "America First" forces that sought to keep the U.S. out of European war. Although he undertook an essentially patriotic mission to evaluate Nazi aviation for U.S. authorities, he seemed to make excuses for Hitler, even in the face of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 and other evidence of the Nazis' murderous intentions toward the Jews. In October 1938, a month before Kristallnacht, at a dinner...
...being sued and having personal assets at risk is one reason that more people don't volunteer. In a Gallup study, 10% of all nonprofit groups cited liability concerns as the reason for losing one or more members. I happen to know such a person, and recently I undertook a thorough examination of my liabilities in connection with my role on the board of a community swim club...
...brother would give him a check and say, 'Give it back when you have it.'" He still believes in the group's pledge to "take good men and make them better." He eventually joined the Shriners, the fez-headed Masonic subgroup with a philanthropic specialty and more recently undertook the hyping of a dying colossus. "We're in a very strong rebuilding program," he insists. "Young people are starting to show a dramatic interest...
Rather later recounted the hour-by-hour decision making process that CBS News executives undertook Wednesday, Jan. 18, theday the Lewinsky story broke...
After it became apparent that the church tower's advanced state of disrepair was a serious safety hazard, the church undertook renovations costing about $500,000. Over the course of the repairs, the church decided to make cosmetic changes as well as structural repairs...