Something special. (Here Below).ONE OF THE FEW GREAT things that our legendary tycoons have done with their millions has been to divert di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. chunks to worthy causes such as wild-life parks, libraries, academic chairs, and the arts. Just check out the Fords, Rockefellers, Morgans, Kennedys, etc. Very few of them set any record for human kindness, but they did redeem redeem v. to buy back, as when an owner who had mortgaged his/her real property pays off the debt. The term also refers to paying the amount due and all charges after a foreclosure (due to failure to make payments when due) has begun. themselves posthumously post·hu·mous adj. 1. Occurring or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award. 2. Published after the writer's death: a posthumous book. 3. with foundations that made a lot of little heavens on earth for society. Look at what a Kennedy named Eunice (Kennedy) Shriver shrive v. shrove or shrived, shriv·en or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives v.tr. 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. did for thousands of people with disabilities: She founded a vehicle known as the Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. that can only be described as awesome and inspiring. We know that we can watch a World Series, a Final Four, or a Super Bowl without jumping up, yelling yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. , booing, or otherwise losing our mind, but we cannot watch a Special Olympics runner cross a finish line and be hugged by a special greeter, without discovering a lump in our throat. We also believe that only a Shriver (in this case, daughter Maria) could introduce a children's book in this fashion: "You see, Kate, Timmy is a child with special needs, and he takes longer to learn than you. He can't walk or run as well as you, and he talks more slowly. But he enjoys and wants all the same things you do. "He loves his family, he wants friends, he goes to school, and he dreams about what he wants to be when he grows up, just like you ... that's why it's so important to treat him like any other kid." |
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