Word: benefactor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...where the ten-year-old and his sisters scavenge the effects of recently executed prisoners; negotiating a field laced with land mines, a legacy of the U.S. involvement; gazing unflinchingly as the children's mother impales herself on a hook; tracing the attempt of the children and their benefactor, a Japanese photographer (Lam Chi-cheung), to bribe and fight their way to "freedom," which here is just another word for some place else...
Landon T. Clay '50, chairman of the board of the Eaton, Vance Corporation and a benefactor of the department for two decades, gave the donation as part of the ongoing Harvard Campaign effort to raise $60,000,000 for endowed professorships...
Rounding off this year's list--which is about half the size of previous years' rosters--are Carlos Fuentes, the Mexican author and statesman who will give this afternoon's principal Commencement address, and Robert Winthrop '26, a New York financier and benefactor...
...maintained his power in Pakistan through a program of violence and intimidation which he initiated five years ago with his military takeover of his benefactor Prime Minister Zulitgar Ali Bhutto. Many of his political opponents and critics reportedly have been jailed and tortured without trial or charges, while others have simply disappeared. Last year Zia fired 19 Supreme Court and provisional high court judges after they refused to endorse Zia's "constitutional order." This so-called order outlaws all rival political parties and enables the President to amend the Pakistani constitution at will. Yet in light of this record...
...major benefactor of the robust dollar is the American tourist. Especially in Europe and Latin America, U.S. visitors are getting much more mileage from their traveler's checks than they were a year ago. Even though some hotels that cater to well-heeled visitors regularly raise their prices to keep pace with foreign currency changes, good values abound. In Paris, a four-course dinner at the three-star Tour d'Argent goes for about $54, expensive by most standards but still $17 cheaper than two years ago, thanks to a 74.8% appreciation in the dollar against the French...