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Word: benefactor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...couple of neighbors come in to commiserate, and suddenly Humbert has to act sorry himself amidst his drunken stupor. Then the apologetic father of the cab driver who killed Mrs. Haze enters and offers to pay for the funeral expenses. Humbert, now quite confused, agrees, much to his benefactor's dismay...

Author: By C. BOYDEN Gray, | Title: Lolita | 10/15/1962 | See Source »

...Palmer Dixon '25 is the benefactor; a former Harvard squash star, and one of the all-time greats, Dixon also sponsored the 1959 renovation of the University squash courts and the construction of the new galleries in Hemenway Gym in the Fall...

Author: By Jonathan D. Trobe, | Title: University Discloses Plans For Indoor Tennis Courts | 9/25/1962 | See Source »

...Fortnight ago, he chose to accept a 45-day jail sentence-rather than pay a $178 fine-for his role in an earlier Albany protest march. But hardly was he clapped behind bars when a man described by police as a "well-dressed Negro" paid the fine anyway; his benefactor was not identified, but the talk around Albany was that the whites themselves had paid the fine to keep King from becoming a more powerful rallying point. Some of Albany's Negroes somehow expected that King's mere presence in town would bring "freedom here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Races: Waiting for Miracles | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

...quite willing to accept aid from the West, but wants stronger ties with the Soviet bloc. He has condemned the moderates' desire for cooperation with France. He is also a strong supporter of pan-Arabism, is even seen by some as a potential rival of his onetime benefactor, Nasser. Ben Bella, in his speeches, chants: "We are Arabs, we are Arabs, we are Arabs." His supporters claim that the ex-country boy, the ex-terrorist, the ex-noncom, the ex-prisoner is most interested in helping Algeria's fellahin. Just how to do it, Ben Bella has obviously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria: Hero by Accident | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

...bikini-ed girl in the next picture, the day was a fine chance to show off attributes that cold-weather dress somehow does not emphasize. Also, if one can judge from the look in her benefactor's eyes, it was a chance to learn how much an ice-cream cone was worth...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: 'HOT WEATHER BRINGS OUT THE BIKINI IN ALL OF US'--ANON | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

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