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Adopt the theory that once somebody gives a gift, they lose control of it.
If a subordinate gives a gift, it can be perceived as currying favor, especially if it's elaborate.
At Christmas, for instance, each person in the mess gives a gift, after drawing the recipient's name out of a hat.
So the rule is that the giver gives a gift only when her "search costs" for the gift are lower than those of the recipient...
Updated at 5.40pm GMT 5.38pm GMT Lap 66 Schumacher gives a gift to Vettel by moving over and letting the younger German take 6th place.
By blocking the United States from paying the $96 million it owes to the United Nations for the peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone, Senator Judd Gregg, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, gives a gift to the rebel force (front page, May 20).
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Does a Groomsman Have to Give a Gift?
Give a gift when it is appropriate, she urges.
Do I have to give a gift at all?
"I knew that I had to give a gift.
Am I also required to give a gift?
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