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Word: endowment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...somehow not un-Jewish-not that any of them really gave much of a damn about being Jewish. Then anger turned to consternation when it developed that Mama was really planning the most Jewish act of her life: under the benign influence of Mr. Ellenbogan, Mama was going to endow an Israeli university with a great chunk of the family fortune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Short Notices: Oct. 21, 1966 | 10/21/1966 | See Source »

Unhappily, the film too often has that very effect on the onlooker. True, Michael Caine (The Ipcress File) plays the sodding little spiv with a raucous charm that makes Alfie seem more interesting than he actually is. And it is also true that the script struggles loyally to endow Alfie with humor and humanity. After the friend's wife undergoes an abortion-a scene that takes place off-camera but was only with reluctance approved by the Valenti office-Alfie stares in horror at the unseen fetus of his unborn son. The audience is clearly expected to conclude that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ponce Charming | 9/2/1966 | See Source »

...Yale Graduate Lehman last week gave New York University, of which he is a trustee, $1,000,000 to endow a professorship and five student fellowships in the fine arts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Department Store of Investment | 2/25/1966 | See Source »

Paul A. Perry, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School of Education, said last night that the library was part of a $16 million "development program," which would also endow faculty posts, and students scholarship aid. At least one half of the money will be needed for faculty endowments alone, he continued...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Ed School to Build New Library As Part of $16 Million Program | 2/11/1966 | See Source »

...club is conducting a $500,000 fund-raising drive to finance construction of the new boathouse, to buy long-needed repair equipment, and to endow the salaries of a new professional instructor and a Sailing Master who would coordinate boathouse activities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yacht Club Will Build New Boathouse; Fund Drive for $500,000 is Launched | 10/27/1965 | See Source »

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