Word: bestowal
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...religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.'' There, again, is the discrepancy: How can justice be done both to Jews and the ''existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine''? In any case, the Palestinians have never considered that it was the business of a colonial power to bestow the land on anyone, and certainly not upon Jews from the far reaches of Eastern Europe. Lord Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary in 1917, had served in Ireland as Governor-General during the British occupation. His administration there was known to be stern. Once, an Irishman came to him to complain...
...does the Hollywood Foreign Press Association bestow so many awards on the Brits? You might say: because the members are foreign. But no. They love Hollywood glamour, and gleefully toady to it all year, just like native-born journalists. I'd like to think it's because the Anglo actors give more amusingly articulate speeches. They have a 600-year jump on us in using the language, and we've never caught...
...Craigslist alter ego. In Craigsworld, when my faceless torso photo lures some guy into a conversation, he is “dude,” “man,” “bro,” or any of the titles those Real Boys unironically bestow on each other. Am I out? “Nah, man, closeted and discreet here.” Have I done stuff with guys? “Just j/o and shit. Maybe looking to do more.” I’m probably a bad person for lying about these...
...mother of the waters--with ritualistic offerings stowed in small wooden boats and launched in the surf. Tradition holds that if the goddess is pleased with a boat's offerings (usually perfume, white flowers or trinkets), she will carry the boat out to sea and bestow the bearer with blessings. If not, it's still a great party...
...student’s “dignity of birth” rather than his academic performance, according to an official University history. His son, John Quincy, was the sixth U.S. president. Their descendants would go on to hold a series of legislative and ambassadorial posts, and they would bestow the family name on one of Harvard’s 12 undergraduate Houses. The journal of John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts and the namesake of a House in his own right, will also be digitized as part of the effort. The site will also digitize papers of Winthrop?...