Word: bequestioned
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William Stanislaus Murphy, Class of 1885, bought himself a place in Harvard fundraising lore when he left a $94,618 bequest in 1916 for "the establishment of one or more scholarships for the collegiate education of any young man or men named 'Murphy' who in the judgement of the faculty should prove deserving of this kind of encouragement...
Ozal leaves behind him a bequest that can only benefit Demirel: a national consensus. Says Hasan Cemal, editor of one of Turkey's most influential newspapers, Cumhuriyet: "The clock cannot be turned back. The multiparty democratic system is here to stay. All parties except the fundamentalists make joining the European Community their No. 1 priority. We are on the right track." The same consensus applies to the economy. Whatever Demirel's reservations about the dangers of unbridled capitalism and his past inclination to subsidize state industries, he will have little choice but to follow in the path of Ozal...
...face of Eddy's own claims to be no more than the inspired founder and leader of the movement. Official publication of the volume has led to a rare outburst of protest from within the ranks, with critics charging that apostasy has resulted from both a bizarre bequest and the faith's financial crisis...
What is the link with Destiny? Disillusioned church members assert that the book was published in order to obtain a bequest of $90 million from the Knapp family, whose fortune was based on California agriculture, real estate and oil. The writer's father Ira was a member of Eddy's inner circle, and the book represents the author's reminiscences and beliefs concerning the founder. Those beliefs were rejected by the ruling board in 1948, shortly after the volume first appeared. Under the terms of the bequest, the Knapp fortune was destined to go to Stanford University...
...fellowship, established in 1938 through the bequest of Agnes Wahl Nieman, provides journalists with a year of study in any part of the University and a $25,000 stipend...