Word: bestow
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tufts will bestow on him an honorary doctor of laws degree this Thursday. Fourteen others, including five college or university presidents, will be honored with President Pusey...
...three of these famous Americans have contributed unstintingly to the welfare of the Negro. In addition, they have succeeded, as few of us have, in rising above the narrow confines of color. When any Negro is big enough to bestow his favors on deserving persons and causes without regard to race, creed or color, he should be commended for his tolerance. Such deeds should be labeled a blessing instead of a shame...
...HOPPER. With her came MARILYN MONROE, who makes a thriving business of publishing Miss Monroe. Her special A.N.P.A. edition was an obvious hit. Chatting with her, publishers beamed. Miss Monroe, as she moved among TIME'S guests, paused here and there before a statesman of the press to bestow her own version of the Pulitzer Prize: a big, moist-lip smile under half-closed eyes...
...meeting. To the 150,000 Bostonians who made a pilgrimage to the Armory over the weekend the 100 exhibits were so many sacred objects. Their devotion was often too deep to remain silent, and some of them hoped against against hope that Providence (or Detroit) might see fit to bestow one of these blessings on their family...
Resplendent in silken knee breeches and the broad blue sash of the Garter, he bowed low, first to bestow a token kiss on the young sovereign's hand, and again before shaking hands with her husband, Prince Philip...