Word: backed
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Pemberton also reiterated that the Program was not "holding back" contributions for psychological effect or any other reason. He stated that all gifts were reported in the regular progress reports of the Program...
Peabody, the first anthropological museum in America, has collected material for specialized research ever since its founding back in 1866. George Peabody, a philanthropist who emigrated to England after he had amassed his fortune in America from chain-stores and railroading, gave $150,000 to endow a "Museum and Professorship of American Archaeology and Ethnology in connection with Harvard University...
...team's only defeats, in fact, were in three successive matches with the New York Rugby Club, Dartmouth, and Princeton. Then, as the season closed, they bounced back for a decisive 8-6 win over Yale...
...from the group's parody of esoteric folk singing. Explaining that some Greenwich Villagers had criticized their repertoire as lacking in "real folk songs," they proceeded to sing "a real field song--Field Holler" ("We found it in a field," Jones said) and "a real mountain song--"Bring Me Back My Brown-Eyed Girl" ("We found it on a mountain...
Although he said the group denied the charge, Spotnitz accused Weld South of secretly retrieving the cone, holding it for five days, then throwing it back into the tree from fear or confusion. The University Police have asked the Buildings and Grounds Department to investigate the matter...