Perhaps the most important is that in seeking to fix things, America will be acting neither out of charity nor in pursuit of ideological ambition but simply in its own national interest.
And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice -- not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity, human dignity and justice.
Lamentably, the two governors involved in this drama, New Jersey's Chris Christie and New York's Andrew Cuomo, have done nothing to stop the Port Authority's shameless gambit to squeeze more money out of a charity to which 900, 000 mostly small donors have contributed.
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Now more recently, our friend Sheik Qaradawi was named the head of a charity based out of Saudi Arabia called the Union of Good.
Guardian columnist George Monbiot has agreed to carry out three years of charity work to settle a libel action brought by former Conservative Party chairman Lord McAlpine.
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Palestine's Islamic Resistance Movement, better known by its Arabic acronym Hamas, grew out of a Brotherhood charity in the West Bank and Gaza which sought and obtained recognition from Israel in the 1970s.
He also hit the headlines when he resigned as vice-president of The Children's Society after the charity pulled out of its projects in Wales.
See -- and the reason I don't want it is not just out of a sense of charity.
Blaming him for the U.S. raids, they forced Abu Wali to move his family and his charity out of the family compound.
He got out of the way and hopes the charity, which was built on his debunked fairy tale legacy, can carry on without him.
Food stamps also help stimulate the economy more than other forms of government spending, points out Jim Weill of Food Research and Action Centre, a charity, since their recipients are so poor that they tend to spend them immediately.
Knocking the Oracle of Omaha out of the tournament is the poker equivalent of beating Jack Nicklaus at a charity closest-to-the-hole contest.
Despite the huge payment, nowhere in the Disabled Veterans National Foundation's mailings to prospective donors did it acknowledge that donated funds would be used to pay for a out-of-court settlement to another charity.
Three out of four young adults donated money to a charity or cause in 2012 and 70% said they encouraged donations from friends and colleagues.
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But out of five test cases last year, the Charity Commission said that two schools did not offer sufficient public benefit to qualify for charitable status.
Today France's billionaires, such as L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, tend to stay discreetly out of view and lack the same spirit of charity found in America.
"If I didn't achieve what I wanted to, a very large contribution would automatically come out of my credit card and go to a charity that I very much didn't support, " Orszag says of his training strategy.
While the English language offers no direct translation of Philotimo, American citizens uphold this essential concept every time they volunteer in their local community, dig deep into their pockets to donate to charity, or generally go out of their way to improve the life of their neighbor.
Still, if the trust does run out of cash, he doesn't owe the charity anything.
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According to research by charity the National Childbirth Trust two out of five (39%) pregnant women and 56% of expectant fathers are now "very" worried that something will be wrong with their baby.
The report, published by online charity YouthNet, also found that four out of five young people used the web to look for advice.
That prospect is coming closer, with the charity planning to bring out a first version of the device by the end of the year.
"We were very surprised how much charity there is out there and what sort of help there is in the business community, " said Mr Khurmy.
Never mind that Bayless took a lot of guff for starring in a 2003 Burger King commercial. (Bayless, who gave the proceeds to charity, says the issue was blown out of proportion by bloggers.) Last year Valdes and Bayless decided to go ahead with a food-court restaurant at Chicago's Marshall Field's department store, but naturally they came to loggerheads.
The charity's document spells out the different types of drugs available and the evidence behind them.
Grey areas abound because much of the charity work in Sri Lanka is carried out in Tiger-held territory.
The prince will carry out a day of public engagements including a gala dinner for his charity, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Disability charity Mencap has estimated as many as nine out of 10 people with a learning disability has been a victim of a hate crime.
When you are a big business that is making hundreds of millions of dollars each year, handing out a couple million to charity here and there is very easy.
In summer 2011, Doris endowed the program, and it was spun out of The Sunshine Lady Foundation to be run as a separate charity called the Learning by Giving Foundation.
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