Word: fund
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pays dues to the H-R O, which is administered by "the Board," consisting of Pierian's officers, the Radcliffe President, and the conductor. The Radcliffe dues are never spent because all expenses for the concerts are paid by Pierian dues, concert profits, and the Pierian Trust Fund. Thus the Radcliffe group has accumulated $209 in its bank account, and this year reduced its dues to $.50 per year...
Because he read so much, he acquired a reputation for having an immense fund of knowledge, a reputation which spread throughout Europe as well as America. For example, when he visited the Bodleian Library at Oxford, he asked the librarian for help in answering an enormously difficult question. "Sir," came the reply, "there is only one person in the world who might be able to answer that question, and that is Professor Kittredge of Harvard...
...weeks after it began trying to diagnose U.S. railroad ailments, the Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee wound up hearings last week with 2,356 pages of symptoms. Indicated cures: repeal of the wartime 10% passenger excise tax and 3% freight levy; a possible new Government emergency loan fund to help the roads meet soaring maintenance-labor costs; a faster tax write-off period on new equipment by cutting present depreciation rates from 40 years to 20. The subcommittee feels that these changes are politically possible, hopefully expects legislation to bring them about by July...
...never sets on Harvard alumni-abroad on the armed forces radio network. Radio Luxembourg, the Voice of America, and various outlets in the Orient. But the nation's wealthiest educational institution was addressing an audience far larger than its own alumni. Manhattan Banker Alexander White, head Harvard fund raiser, stated the issue clearly: "Every American college is in serious financial trouble. Harvard is best off of all the colleges and Harvard is badly off. It is for you to decide-and then give to the college of your choice...
Robbin' Hoods. In Bluefield, Va., thieves cracked a supermarket safe, filled the store's heart fund container with dimes, left with the remaining...