# What's a nice gift for...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-nice-gift-for/306826>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 4, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-nice-gift-for/306826 "2005-06-04T02:37:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-nice-gift-for/306826/1 "2005-06-04T02:37:46Z")

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… a female graduate student in Russia, who gave up a day to show me around Moscow? I am in the United States.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-nice-gift-for/306826/2 "2005-06-04T14:25:38Z")

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Was there anything she mentioned in passing, like a fondness for a certain author, or cashmere sweater sets or anything maybe difficult to find there but easy to find here?

What about a career specific thing, a briefcase or stethoscope or whatever, something related to her field?

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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-nice-gift-for/306826/3 "2005-06-04T14:43:30Z")

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Not to be crass, but considering the situation of many in the former Soviet Union - American cash. I don’t know her situation, obviously.  
If she doesn’t need the $$$, I second **QT** , a briefcase (maybe soft-sided?) would be wonderful.