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...which Christian-rock singer Amy Grant bestows largesse on needy people every week. Time was, the occasional celebrity like Audrey Hepburn would lend her profile to a cause. But Grant and Makeover's Ty Pennington are a distinct kind of charitainment star, celebrities whose good deeds are their chief claim to fame. Their shows aim not just to solve personal problems (help autistic kids, build a school library) but also to salve the nation's wounds (build houses for soldiers in Iraq, give a new start to a Katrina refugee family...
...internecine bloodshed in sub-Saharan Africa when it is not connected to the woman who hooked up with her married co-star in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Jolie's notoriety is now a charitable asset. If you could place a dollar value on a broken marriage, Jennifer Aniston could claim a monster tax deduction...
...states that “the very first piece of legislation passed after Australia’s federation in 1901 was the Immigration Retriction Act.” No doubt he read this in one or more secondary sources—it is a claim often made by Australians who like history to fit neatly and to fuel their retrospective moral indignation (without looking at the primary sources). It is true that the Immigration Restriction Act was passed early in 1901, but it was, in fact the 17th act, not the first...
...Iran failed to pay.So in an effort to procure some of the millions owed to them by Iran, the victims filed suit against a new target: Harvard University.The plaintiffs are attempting to take custody of a number of antiquities held in the University’s museums, which they claim were excavated from Iran and may be that nation’s property, but Harvard asserts that none of its collection is owned by Iran.Both sides have issued a flurry of court filings since the suit was filed in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts on March 28, and now await...
...scoring slugfest against Marist on Saturday. The Crimson netted just 39 points in its sixth consecutive loss, a 44-39 defeat to the Red Foxes in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Freshman guard Emily Tay helped Harvard (2-7) fight back from a 12-point second half deficit to claim a two-point lead with 3:49 remaining, but the Crimson scored just two points in the final four minutes and surrendered yet another road game late in the second half. “It’s heartbreaking—we’re losing games that we know...