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According to ASG's website, however, $10,000 of the Class of 1999 campaign came from a single donor, and the average amount raised annually by the Senior Gift in the past decade has been a mere...
...there's a market for adults who enjoy conversing with imaginary friends, there's probably a market for just about everything. With that reassuring thought, I did some research and was delighted to find that, for a mere 35 dollars a year (payable online, of course), I can purchase my own web address and be instantly transformed into an aspiring millionaire. My lack of technical skills won't even hold me back; there are a host of web sites out there that are devoted exclusively to designing other web sites...
...long-running trend in corporate mergers that has worked miracles for the economy is at an inflection point, stirring debate over how to distinguish true synergy from mere diversification. This isn't just semantics. Realized synergies between two companies create big cost savings and enormous shareholder value. Diversification typically steers the other way. It broadens a company's realm and adds revenue--and overhead. Synergy is the first word out of the CEO's mouth when a deal is announced. But when you look back, the record often has not been very pretty...
...small blue-collar town: marriages, doctors' exams, factories, a read-through of Death of a Salesman. While Wiseman's vignettes can be mesmeric, they're too often simply tedious and excessive. And it smacks of self-congratulation for the public-TV gentry to do these working-class commoners the mere favor of acknowledging--as the Salesman reference suggests--that attention must be paid...
...from being a mere point of interest, the makeup of this jury could have far-reaching ramifications for this trial - in part because it may quell pro-Diallo protesters' fears that moving the trial from the Bronx to overwhelmingly white Albany helped the defense. And while race is undoubtedly on the minds of everyone watching the trial - Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant living in the Bronx, was shot 41 times by four white police officers - White says Judge Terisi has made it clear there will be no race-baiting in his courtroom. "Tuesday, Terisi stopped a defense lawyer...