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To: Kolokotronis
What useless people.
Really? And your contributions to society are ........?

Brooke Astor
"Vincent Astor reportedly once told his wife that when he died, she would have "a hell of a good time" giving away his fortune. He died of a heart attack in 1959, and over the next four decades she did indeed give it all away. "Money is like manure," she often said. "It should be spread around."

"Astor gave millions to the Bronx Zoo, International Rescue Committee, the Fresh Air Fund, Lighthouse for the Blind, the Maternity Center Association, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the New York Public Library, among other recipients, large and small. All told, she gave away about $195 million."
8 posted on 11/28/2007 3:49:06 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

“Really? And your contributions to society are ........?”

You don’t expect an answer to that rude question, do you 0811?! Surely you were brought up better than that, or is it your purpose to embarrass your parents?

I knew some of the Astors and their crowd. I stick by my comment...useless people.


11 posted on 11/28/2007 3:52:07 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: oh8eleven

She accomplished a lot in her life.


14 posted on 11/28/2007 4:00:08 PM PST by durasell (!)
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