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...Pont, who had transformed his 800-acre estate, Foxcatcher Farms, into a state-of-the-art sports center for amateur wrestlers, swimmers and pentathletes. "Eagle" du Pont (so called because few people could pronounce Eleuthere) is well known in U.S. wrestling circles as one of the sport's most generous backers-he has donated more than $3 million to the U.S. Olympic wrestling team. But he is also known as a controversial figure whose lavish treatment of athletes sometimes mocked the values of amateur sports, and whose volatile personal behavior had caused more than one person to leave the Foxcatcher...
...eight years on the staff of Team Foxcatcher ended last fall when Du Pont threatened him with a submachine gun. "John got in one of his moods." Those moods, according to Chaid, were ruled by alcohol and drugs--which could transform a man described by one neighbor as "kind, generous and mild-mannered," who collected seashells, into someone completely different...
...also knew both Anthea and Chinua as two very caring and generous people. In particular, I will always be inspired by Anthea's examples of generosity and devotion to her family and country. She was instrumental in helping and inspiring her brother to come to the States and to Harvard. Working in the South African Consulate in Los Angeles at the time of her death, Anthea was a very gifted and dedicated woman...
...FLAT TAX WERE A PERSON, it would be a little like Steve Forbes: straightforward and artless on the outside, more complex on closer examination. The political appeal of Forbes' flat tax--a single, 17% rate on all income above a generous personal exemption, and no deductions--lies in its apparent simplicity and its promise to close loopholes for the wealthy and well connected. The proposal has economic appeal as well: a simpler tax code could boost middle Americans' stagnant incomes, in part by freeing much of the $80 billion-plus that individuals and businesses now spend each year...
Yale said its "objective in bargaining has been to contain the growing costs of its generous benefits programs, to improve management flexibility to provide better services at more competitive costs...