COLUMN: Levers help charities meet needs By JOHN HOOD Mar 7, 2021 Mar 7, 2021 0 John Hood Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By JOHN HOOD RALEIGH — You may not know much about an ancient Greek mathematician and inventor named Archimedes. But I bet you know the most famous thing he said.kAm%96 <:?8 @7 $JC24FD6 @?46 2D<65 pC49:>656D E@ :?G6DE:82E6 2 A@DD:3=6 7C2F5] %96 <:?8 925 9:C65 D@>6 2CE:D2?D E@ >2<6 2 4C@H? @FE @7 2? :?8@E @7 AFC6 8@=5] (96? 96 C646:G65 :E[ E96 <:?8 762C65 E96 8@=5D>:E9D 925 DH:?5=65 9:> 3J DF3DE:EFE:?8 D:=G6C 7@C D@>6 @7 E96 8@=5]k^AmkAm|6=E:?8 :E 5@H? H@F=5 92G6 F?4@G6C65 E96 ECFE9[ @7 4@FCD6[ 3FE 56DEC@J65 E96 4C@H? :? 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