Word: generous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...power, they wailed piteously for democracy's benefits. Last week they got them from the freely elected government of President Arturo Frondizi. After a night of congressional debate, during which 130 liters of coffee were consumed, the Chamber of Deputies gave unanimous approval to an "ample and generous" amnesty. Already passed by the Senate, the bill was quickly signed into...
...their rescue came generous sponsors: the 27-nation Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration, which is paying their way to South America, and the Protestants' World Council of Churches, which found and bought their Brazilian refuge. The site: 6,000 acres of rich pineland, 10% cleared, about 200 miles southwest of Sāo Paulo. Led by 74-year-old Starik (Elder) Antonov Kulikov, the first contingent of Old Believers picked up 64 tons of seed, fertilizer, tools and clothing in Los Angeles from U.S. Protestants before sailing for Brazil...
Harvard will be among five universities to receive generous grants from the Donner Foundation for endowing professorships in the sciences, Robert A. Maes, executive vice-president of the organization, announced yesterday...
...dealers to display on new cars the manufacturer's suggested retail price, the cost of each accessory and a total delivery price. Bill's aim: to eliminate the price pack, a device used by some dealers to raise the total price on new cars to balance off generous trade-in allowances on old models...
...some of the noisiest proponents of a tough line in Algeria, such as Jacques Soustelle, believe that a France revitalized by De Gaulle could give Algeria some form of self-government inside a North African Federation related to France. "The strong." argues one ardent Gaullist, "can afford to be generous...