• Tremor looks for kids with a wide social circle and a gift of gab.

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  • Offhandedly, I was looking to make a gift of a book tied to the Tintin movie.

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  • More and more often, couples are requesting a gift of the one thing they need most: money.

    FORBES: Five Smart Investments for Newlyweds

  • Boeing has just given politicians a gift of sorts: fresh ammunition for worrying about the loss of American manufacturing jobs.

    FORBES: Boeing Fights Back

  • It calls for a maturity that allows the Church to move beyond control to discerning human flourishing as a gift of God.

    BBC: Mother and child

  • She gave us each Christmas ornaments as a gift of the season, but then peppered us with questions about fund-raising, marketing and promotion.

    FORBES: Angel

  • It's a complicated maneuver that involves the creation of a revocable trust and a gift of her assets to him right before he dies.

    FORBES: Who Owns What?

  • For this reason, a lifetime sale of the business to the children often makes more sense than a gift of the business at death.

    FORBES: Want to Avoid the Estate Tax Cliff? Five Ways to Help

  • The reason: A gift of that magnitude would trigger the gift tax, which is currently 35% but is set to rise to 55% in 2011.

    WSJ: Family Value: Last Chance to Foil a Gift Tax

  • The problem is that every procedural privilege the defendant is awarded in the regulations is provisional, a gift of the panel which is judging him.

    ECONOMIST: Fighting terrorism

  • Tradition calls for a gift of flowers on a fourth anniversary.

    CNN: Related Stories

  • Scott Adams, the creator of the cartoon character Dilbert, has a blog post up about why creativity seems to be a gift of the youthful.

    FORBES: Are You Really More Innovative When You're Younger?

  • He was - I think he was found guilty of ethics violations or of, like, a gift of a canoe from the Coca-Cola Bottlers that he did not report.

    NPR: Does Arkansas Still Heart Huckabee?

  • Theories abound that male self-sacrifice may be a logical extension of the practice employed by many animals, including insects and spiders, of the male bringing a gift of food to encourage the female to mate.

    ECONOMIST: Why self-sacrifice makes perfect sense for spiders

  • For example, an obvious ambiguity is when two different heirs are listed in different parts of the document as the intended recipient of the same bequest, or when the document has provisions for a gift of a piece of property that was never owned by the decedent.

    FORBES: "Fixing" the Broken Estate Plan

  • While Miller did not know the nature of the conversation between the two men, she told CNN affiliate WSFA-TV that Tuesday morning, Poland offered the suspect a gift of eggs and marmalade as a thank you for clearing his driveway so the bus could turn around easier.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Carter missed a drop-goal and a penalty as the second half wore on but he effectively sealed the win with a sharp try on 66 minutes before De Villiers threw a gift of a pass for Mealamu to flop over at the death for the All Blacks' third try.

    BBC: South Africa 0-19 New Zealand

  • Bale, who also scored Tottenham's second against Arsenal, could have put his team further ahead as Chelsea fell apart at the back with all their substitutes already on the pitch when Terry departed, and he set up Roman Pavlyuchenko with a gift of a chance that the Russia striker volleyed wide.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Despite his goal of promoting harmony between the faiths, Pope Benedict stuck firmly to what he saw as a gift of truth that he had been born into in his native Bavaria - namely that the Roman Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ and despite all its human imperfections, had the authority to define doctrine and make definitive statements about truth and falsehood.

    BBC: Pope Benedict XVI: A reluctant leader?

  • You can also choose to send the pictures to another address, making a physical gift of a mobile album.

    FORBES: 5 Promising Photo Apps You Should Know

  • With a parting gift of a large, spherical rice cake to allow each child to grow a year older in peace, the Toshidon walk backwards out of the house and proceed to the next family.

    UNESCO: Culture

  • The 34 prints were given to the Tate in 1975 as part of a larger gift of about 3, 000 works.

    BBC: Graham Ovenden Pic: PA

  • Prince Philip is said to be a fan of the sturdy breed with two of his animals, a gift from the Shah of Iran, having a fundamental place in the breeding programme.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Leicestershire | How DNA saved an 'extinct' breed

  • Finally, this past visit, after she had organized an intensive summer course in History, Language and Art for her grandchildren, I gave her a small gift of cash, amid dire warnings to apply it to nothing other than a laptop that she would then use to start a blog.

    FORBES: Remembering Mom, and Her Top 6 Lessons For Life

  • Mr. Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with a gift for mimicry, a host of eccentric personalities and a reservoir of creative energy.

    WSJ: Comedian Jonathan Winters Dies

  • "A very special part of the service is a floral tribute and those people who have received a transplant bring a small gift of flowers, " she said.

    BBC: Organ donor series

  • "She has a natural gift of hitting the ball hard and cleanly with seemingly minimal effort, " said Bates.

    BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

  • People think, "I just purchased a gift instead of buying three random things and packaging them together, " he says.

    WSJ: Soap, Shampoo, Toothpaste

  • Ticconi pushed Johns Hopkins into the private equity game after he lost a big gift of stock at another college.

    FORBES: They Want Your Founder's Stock

  • Former Labour MP Lord Howarth called for a quick decision on "a free gift of an enormous increase in renewable energy in Britain".

    BBC: Severn Barrage debate takes off in Lords

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