Word: wondered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With Harvard still deeply entrenched in its massive fund-raising campaign, one can only wonder what its response would be to the kind of gift that was recently offered to, and then rejected by, Oxford University. The dons of Oxford refused to accept $34 million presented by Saudi billionaire Wafic Said for the founding of a new business school. I guess when you're the oldest university in the English-speaking world, you can get away with such ingratitude...
...breakfast with you only a couple of weeks ago, was equally startled; and in a friendly and solicitous visit I had from the current PBHA President only a few days before I received your letter, there was no hint of the kind of animosity your letter displays. I must wonder what purpose lies behind such inconsistent behavior...
Remembering how harsh the media was to her four years ago, we are left to wonder what has changed. Has the media turned over a new leaf? Or has Chelsea herself changed? One sentence can answer all our questions. Last year, when Chelsea first reappeared in the public eye on tour with her mother, two Newsweek reporters wrote a commentary praising Chelsea and how she had grown up so well despite the fishbowl phenomenon. Yet, in their surprise at Chelsea's new appearance, they wrote: Is this the same awkward orthodontically-challenged girl who moved into the White House three...
...show host goes out onto the street to test people's familiarity with Biblical trivia. A standard question in his repertoire: which of the following is not a Biblical book--Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus or DeGeneres? Needless to mention, Leno's hapless guinea pig does not "choose wisely." I sometimes wonder whether Leno would not find equal ignorance were he to ask: who of the following is not a Supreme Court justice--Rehnquist, Ginsburg, Scalia or Sorvino...
Enter Wall Street which has much to gain if Americans are scared into privatizing Social Security. Even partial privatization could put in excess of $150 billion into the hands of Wall Street fund managers. Management fees on $150 billion is not small change. Small wonder that Wall Street is behind a significant portion of the millions of dollars that have already been spent to push privatization...