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Tay said the money from the World Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce was a gift — no strings attached.

Although it’s true that much of that money carries strings dictating how it must be spent, the university says that its income provides about $756 million a year for the university budget.

“And so we get these text strings, and it’s always funny, and that keeps us connected.”

And so it began: Mr. Ayers with a violin that was missing two strings, trying to get back on track three decades after illness forced him out of New York’s prestigious Juilliard School.

At best, that is a highly optimistic estimate, less an accurate forecast and more a gesture of appreciation for European allies who unlike the Americans attach very few conditions and strings to support for Ukraine.