Word: generous
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After all, as former Toronto Sun editor Barbara Amiel points out, if multiculturalism cannot work in Canada, where can it work? If it cannot work in a country as civil, decent and tolerant as Canada--a country where the majority English speakers have been extraordinarily generous in granting all kinds of cultural protections, subsidies, special rights and privileges to the linguistic minority of French Canada--then where...
...often given real secrets to pass along. The "feed" information is designed to lure the enemy into accepting him so he can begin passing along phony material that will cause them to waste money and resources. During the cold war, the CIA became the master of the feed. So generous was the agency with its information that many KGB officers got big promotions because of the secrets that CIA doubles were passing them along with the disinformation...
Reagan was no pansy either. He was generous in his support for Central American terrorists (i.e., the contras) as well as state sponsored death squads in this region. He was big on union-busting, fired striking air traffic controllers and attacked the inner cities with a vengeance. And he was proud...
Harvard administration the Berkeley case as an example of the dangers that could result from offering overly generous retirement programs. A Corporation decision last spring reduced the University's pension contribution by one percent...
...cutting off your nose to spite your face," says Joseph J. McCarthy, associate dean of FAS for academic planning, arguing against an overly generous plan...