Word: bequested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...closer look at the figures reveals that Brown may not have worked 48 per cent harder than Harvard. Rather, Brown was just lucky enough to have an alumnus die, leaving it a $4 million bequest...
Despite the drop, Colt said he is "hopeful" that Harvard will continue to lead the nation in private donations. "Only if another school receives a great big bequest," will the University be surpassed, Colt said...
...take the strongest possible objection to the sentence you have published about me in the Registration Issue of The Harvard Crimson ("Harvard Stays Mum on Greek Bequest"). The sentence reads, "Kaiser would neither confirm nor deny the report..." That is a deliberately misleading sentence, inasmuch as your use of "would" implies that you asked me to confirm or deny a report that the Greek government had given Harvard one million dollars. The simple fact is that your reporter never even mentioned such a rumor in either of our two telephone conversations...
...Indian College dispute stemmed from a bequest of between 200 and 400 pounds made to Harvard in 1653 by the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England. The money, which almost doubled Harvard's endowment, was earmarked for a dormitory to house Indian students...
...Stillman donation finally gave Norton the public commemoration he so richly deserved, and it also furthered the study of his wide interests in the humanities. According to the bequest, the Chair is supposed to alternate each year between "the various literatures" in one group and the Fine Arts and Music in another. Each year an ad hoc committee of five is appointed by Harvard's president to decide on the following year's visiting professor. Four members, three of whom are associated with the group in whose field the lectureship falls that year, and one from the other group...