A few months ago I decided that I would run the New York City Marathon to benefit Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation.
But as soon as he became governor, the "benefits lady" told him he had only three state plans from which to choose, Goldilocks-style; one was great, one was modestly generous and one was rather miserly.
"It was not appropriate to be giving away tax incentives to the middle classes, freezing fuel duty and protecting universal benefits and pensioner benefits at the time that you were making cuts to disability benefits," Lady Stroud told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
You Keep Me Young: Senator Frank Lautenberg to hold charity benefit with Lady Gaga; Senator John McCain flirts with Snooki on Twitter; Kanye West says he wants to work with Justin Bieber.
In François's eyes, and seemingly in Houellebecq's, the institution of Islamic patriarchy, complete with polygamy and restrictions on women's behavior, actually benefits the ladies, if they only have the right attitude.
My favorite new religion, created by satirist John Oliver, is aptly named for its tax benefits: Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption.
While it was considered a domestic benefit for young ladies to be able to perform music at home for family and guests and to decorate the walls of the home with deft paintings, public exposure of such talents was widely regarded as improper and unfeminine.
"These super-masculine guys are saying, 'Jewelry's cool, and I'll show you why because I'll wear it.' So as a result, men are thinking, 'Hey, it's OK for me to wear this.' " And therein may lie a benefit for the ladies in their lives.
You get benefits, and the ladies love it".
Lawrence was a pagan, we were more than once reminded, but every Catholic priest and moralist, a Catholic witness observed, would benefit from reading "Lady Chatterley".
