Word: benefactors
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...Rice sniffed in response to Bolton's criticisms. The Administration argues that their deal is much stronger than the one negotiated in '94 because it effectively isolates Kim. The Agreed Framework was bilateral, the argument goes, whereas this time North Korea's neighbors-including its closest ally and major benefactor, China-are signatories to the deal, which should force Pyongyang to keep its promises and continue to bargain in good faith. The Chinese were infuriated by Kim's October nuclear blast; President Hu Jintao had publicly warned against such a test. This "deal has muscle," argues Michael Green, a former...
...heard about a couple of celebrities adopting kids from there? Fascination with the continent's woes dates back to Bob Geldof's famine-relief concerts in the mid-'80s. Bono picked up the baton in the '90s, and now every African nation seems to have its own celebrity benefactor. George Clooney has made the situation in Darfur one of his key talking points. Madonna is building an orphan center in Malawi. Brad Pitt helped produce and Nicole Kidman narrates God Grew Tired of Us, a documentary currently in cinemas about the Lost Boys of Sudan. It follows the lives...
...some of these aptly acclaimed artists' work as with the explosive growth of the medium. So to enter "Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund"-which comprises 65 works by 38 artists, assiduously collected by NGV senior curator Isobel Crombie in conjunction with the prominent Melbourne benefactor-is to see Australian photography afresh...
According to Kelly, Richard “has a good fashion sense. It is a very personal fashion sense,” marked by her fondness for cowboy boots. When Edward P. Bass, the Yale Corporation member and benefactor from Texas, saw Richard’s boots, Kelly says, he insisted that she be outfitted by “the boot maker to the Texas elite...
...turning point for Kimberlin came with an idea to attract attention. Before the 2004 presidential election, he contacted the wealthy head of a foundation in Ohio who practiced transcendental meditation with Kimberlin's sister. After the vote, with a pledge from the benefactor, Kimberlin posted on justicethroughmusic.org a $100,000 reward for any evidence that the election had been stolen. And things took off. First, the reward attracted blogger Brad Friedman, who then co-founded the netroots voting-reform website VelvetRevolution.us with Kimberlin and serves as his face man. The reward attracted other donors (including a politically active relative...