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Old 17-Feb-2008, 07:35
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Default Re: meaning of "shift from a project to a person"
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as if her summer charity had shifted from a project to a person = she suddenly became interested. Some people volunteer for charity work as a kind of personal, conceptual 'project', but then when they meet the recipients of their benefaction, they are surprised into a greater commitment to humanity.
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