Word: benefited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other gifts include a $50,000 trust fund "for the benefit of the people of North Haven, Maine, in recognition of the friendship shown to me for 30 summered." Lamont also bequeathed $5,000 to both the Harvard and University Clubs of New York...
...winter Olympics opened with a maximum of angry yammering and a minimum of friendly yodeling. First, everybody mumbled all the fine words about "amity and good will." Then they went on with their scrapping. The Swedes charged that the games were being run for the benefit of St. Moritz hotels and shops. The British, of all people, deplored the emphasis on afternoon tea. The steering wheel of a U.S. bobsled was tampered with, and shrieks of "Sabotage!" echoed through the Alps and re-echoed across U.S. sport pages. But all this was nothing beside the War over the Two American...
...request came after Dean Watson had vetoed another possible source of income by forbidding private company sponsoring and financing of the Band's proposed South American tour. He explained that University rules prohibited letting "any company benefit by using Harvard's name...
...indicated alterations (which he says were minor). Since then the book has sold 25,000 copies. North was "genuinely converted," he said. "People who scoff at poll-taking . . . are scoffing at democracy. . . . It is a humbling but enlightening experience. . . . I can think of several opinionated American authors who might benefit by the experience...
...fraternal benefit society for Roman Catholic men (who are forbidden to join the Masons). Present membership: approximately...