Word: generousity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meetings, he seemed at peace with himself. He seemed very un-Haig-like." Later that day, the reason for Haig's equanimity became obvious. The Secretary of State was about to leave the Government. Winning every argument no longer meant all that much to Haig; he could be generous to those he had long seen as his rivals for Reagan's attention...
DIED. Rebekah Harkness, 67, wealthy heiress who became a generous donor to medical research and a patron of the arts, particularly ballet, maintaining her own troupe, the Harkness Ballet, from 1965 to 1975; of cancer; in New York City...
...Arabs states that "only 59% agree with the P.L.O. that a Palestinian state should encompass 'all of Palestine.' " This is a euphemism for the elimination of Israel. In view of this attitude, Israel's willingness to grant even limited autonomy to those 59% must be considered generous...
...association representing most of the 1,800 lay employees in the world's smallest state plans an unprecedented two-hour strike against Vatican City on June 14, just before the Pope leaves to address the International Labor Organization in Geneva. Their demands include a 20% pay increase, more generous child allowances and pensions and a 36-hour week. The workers hope the protest will prod the Pope, the microstate's absolute monarch, into resolving the dispute himself. If the Pope can settle an Italian labor quarrel, he will surely add to his reputation as a diplomatic miracle worker...
...cuts for higher education and seemed to spell disaster for universities already strapped by inflation rates and dropping enrollments. Schools that could count on surviving--like Harvard, blessed with a plump endowment and the resources to raise more--expected painful soul-searching over whether they could maintain generous financial aid policies to guarantee equal access...