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Don't let the noise of other opinions drown out your own inner voice.  And most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.  They somehow already know what you truly want to become.  Everything else is secondary.
-- Steve Jobs

Philanthropy is the highest music.       
-- Plato

Conscience is God's presence in man. 

-- Swedenborg  

 
The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter.

-- H.W. Van Loon 

 

Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it.  

-- Andrew Young 

  

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have will go away.

-- Jean Kerr

    

AWORD POWER 

VOCABULARY

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doggeral -- poor verse  

  

spectral -- ghostly

  

momentous -- very important

  

descant -- discuss fully 

   

adept -- expert at 

 

compunction -- remorseful feeling 

 

engender -- cause, produce 

  

momentous -- very important

  

opus -- work

  

protract -- prolong

 

venturous -- daring

 

dank -- damp

 

boondoggle -- wasteful or pointless work or activity for appearances only.

 

kitsch -- garish art

 

philistine -- a person who is hostile or indifferent to, or ignorant of, culture and the arts

 

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(San Antonio, TX) -- Continental Corporation, a world leader in auto parts manufacturing, brings Mexican and American executives to San Antonio to break language barriers and build the Da Vinci Bridge.

 

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(Washington, DC) -- Hundreds of companies partner with World Vision and send a clear message of corporate social responsibility to its customers, shareholders and employees.  Can you or your company make a difference for children and families in need worldwide?       

 

Here's how:

 

Matching Gifts & Workplace Giving --  Learn how payroll deductions, stock donations, and employer matches can create the socially responsible corporate environment you seek while helping others in need around the world.  

 

Product Donations -- Learn about the types of product donations we accept, how donating benefits your corporation, and how your donations impact the lives of children in the United States and abroad.

 

Corporate Caregiver Kits- Learn how to create a dynamic opportunity for your corporation to band together and improve morale by building Caregiver Kits to help support volunteer AIDS caregivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

 

SchoolTools Backpacks-- Learn how your group can make a huge difference in the lives of children in your own community by assembling School-Tools Backpacks for students in need.

 

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GEOGRAPHY

 

1. What is the world's largest archipelago, after Indonesia?  

 

2.  What Asian nation is the world's largest importer of oil? 

 

3. What nation has the most seats in the European Parliament?

 

4.  What city is the home to the world's largest opera house?

 

5.  What river flows through Baghdad? 

 

ANSWERS: 1.) Philippines  2.) Japan  3.) German  4.) New York City  5.) Tigris   

 
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