A
sense of entitlement
By Alexander
Nguyen. September
4, 2001
"Wealth
doesn't seem like a big deal at all on this island, partly because
of this relative temperance. But mostly, it's because everyone here
seems to have it already: That one goes to Harvard may be a big
deal anywhere in the world--except at Harvard itself. So if, on
the mainland, a sailboat in the back yard seemed like a conspicuous
indulgence, here, it is simply a poised, albeit common, expression
of the confidently rich.""
