Word: freer
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Among other things, the endowment will enable the Met to make improvements to its building and stage, to be freer in scheduling worthwhile productions with doubtful box-office appeal and to expand programs like its cultivation of young singers. With the additional money going into such projects, Bliss pointed out, there will be no letup in the need for annual contributions to offset regular operating deficits. Those contributions now total $14.6 million and will almost certainly have to go higher in future seasons. Is there a danger that the endowment campaign will undercut the annual fund raising? Bliss said...
When in 1966 an unrelated law student named Khadga Shah wed the second daughter of King Mahendra, it marked the first time a commoner had ever entered into the royal family. Shah reflects that his marriage constituted "a step forward in a freer intercourse between people and the King...
Because legislatures are somewhat freer with money than alumni, private universities have fallen further behind than public. Some schools, especially in the Midwest, have kept up with maintenance problems by appropriating renewal funds. But most campuses are in trouble. Says Paul Romberg, president of San Francisco State: "Deterioration of buildings has been so severe we may have to consider curtailing some academic programs." The "millions" needed for repair, says Romberg, "are a small investment compared with the enormous potential loss to taxpayers...
...Soviet Union for actions which are contrary to the, uh, to uh, a standard of both international behavior and also has incentives to the Soviet Union, uh, to try to work in ways that can at least some, uh, create at least a world which is going to be freer from, uh, the nuclear nightmare which hangs over the world...
...malignant. Because, as you can see, we are living in an irrational, terrible world. In some parts of this world 'American Product' is a swear word. And they will perform this terrible drama before our eyes, and our only defense is to be aware...a little smarter, and freer. We will not flagellate ourselves. We are trying to be strong and to protect our vital interests. Tune in tomorrow night for more...