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...widest context, this point of view seems unwarranted. Foundation wealth represents the tiniest fraction of all private wealth in this country, which is estimated at $2.15 trillion. Foundation grants account for only 8% of total U.S. philanthropy, 80% of which comes from the individual giver, in a gamut of generosity that embraces large and small offerings to hospitals, churches, the Community Chest and even the coins dropped into Salvation Army tambourines...
...meeting aimed at an easy dialogue on the issues of community participation in building and controlling schools. But the discussion soon ran the gamut of black-white problems, and ended on a chilling note of misunderstanding and hostility...
...circus also made a mark at Hofheinz's Astrodome two years ago, when it drew a record crowd of 41,000 for a single performance. Hofheinz, 55, wants to cover "the gamut of family entertainment." Along with a convention-minded Astrohall and four Astromotels in the works, he is building a $10 million, 56-acre Astroworld (a Texas version of Disneyland) hard by the Astrodome to be "the greatest complex of family enjoyment, sports entertainment and show facilities in the world." That does not leave much for the Greatest Show on Earth, but its fans can be thankful that...
...still know exactly what is going on. When the orchestra trills from one end to the other, you know that Falstaff has just taken a colossal chug of wine which is going to work on his insides; when the trombones blast, you know that Ford is feeling the full gamut of green-eyed emotions, even without hearing him rant about "Gelosia"; and if you are a little pedantic, when you hear the French horns bay, you will think of the cuckold's horns which the anti-Falstaffians are about to plant on Falstaff's head...
...herself from interviews and making the rounds of teas and kaffeeklatsches reciting a script of prepared cliches. When someone cracks the simplistic pattern, her pleasant, natural naivete congeals into frigid, wary courtesy. Yet her aversion to pornography, big government, welfarism, crime, dope and Ho Chi Minh has thrust the gamut of national issues into the campaign along with such peninsular problems as high taxes, education and the noise from San Francisco's airport, which is in the midst of San Mateo County's most densely populated area. Shirley is the odds-on favorite to win at least...