Word: generousity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prescribe a future course that would couple a strong defense establishment with a much enhanced economic aid program, aimed at stimulating Third World entrepreneurship and two-way trade. Nixon's proposals have been hailed as sound if not original. But his appraisal of his own stewardship sometimes seems more generous than candid...
Murphy hardly fits the image of a tough boss. Friends describe him as generous and very shy. He is a devout Catholic and an eternal optimist whose most striking executive quality is said to be his ability to instill self- confidence in his managers. But even Murphy admits to having some trepidation when he considered the prospect of taking over a major network. On the day before he signed the agreement to buy ABC, he stopped for inspiration at another famous institution across the street from his office: St. Patrick's Cathedral...
This, it must be admitted, is stretching things. There are two difficulties. How can one plausibly argue that the success of Islamic rebels in Afghanistan is a form of self-defense of the U.S.? The Nicaraguan contras, perhaps, might qualify under a generous interpretation of collective security. But Cambodian rebels? Angolans? Eritreans...
...Aubreys have been taken up by Mr. Morpurgo, a generous Jewish millionaire who admired and employed the errant head of their household. Mother Clare, once a celebrated pianist praised by Brahms, no longer has to cope with dunning tradespeople invading her house in a suburb of South London. Eldest Daughter Cordelia has finally given up the violin, much to the relief of her mother and siblings, who believe, as Rose, the narrator, says, that "to play an instrument badly was as shameful as any crime short of murder." Rose and her twin sister Mary practice the piano daily and dream...
...heard from the judge, Donovan requested an audience with President Reagan. At the White House, Donovan told Chief of Staff Donald Regan that he wanted to devote all his time and energy to his defense and to spare the Administration further embarrassment. "The President has been far too generous," Donovan said. Indeed, since Donovan's Senate confirmation hearings in 1981, when the businessman was accused of having ties with organized crime but was not indicted, Reagan has voiced unwavering support for his Cabinet member. In a ten-minute Oval Office meeting that a presidential aide described as "emotional...