Word: generously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile in Boston, before the giant Dartmouth game, a bellhop at the Big Green dance was overheard to say that Dartmouth students were more generous and better dancers than the Harvards, though the latter showed greater signs of sobriety than the invaders from Hanover. The Indians crushed Harvard on the gridiron the next afternoon...
Comencement Week passed uneventfully with the awarding of 1625 degrees and an honorary to Alfred North Whitehead, "a philosopher generous and kind, whose thought pierces deeper than others look." And the Class of 1929 ended its first year on the Charles much less dramatically than when it began...
Although Dunster upbraided the Commonwealth for its interference, one should remember that Massachusetts presented the struggling school with over $215,000 between its founding in 1936 and 1824. The surrounding municipalities were also very generous to the University during its fight for survival in the 17th century, with almost every New England town appearing on the roll of donors...
...version paralleled the Bible story with a contemporary drama of lust and greed (starring Rod La Rocque, Richard Dix and Nita Naldi). Although responsible for such other triumphs as The King of Kings (1927) and The Sign of the Cross (1933), DeMille never before has given Scripture such a generous helping hand; the new Ten Commandments will cost an estimated $6,000,000 to make, and will have what Paramount's publicity department calls "the largest film set in motion-picture history." DeMille feels that the present trend toward Bible movies is a symptom that "the world is beginning...
...seems always to be the case on Elizabeth's great occasions, it was chill, dank and raining as Britain's 28-year-old Queen returned to England last week for the first time in nearly six months. But not even a generous sample of what all Britons have come to call "the Queen's weather" could cool the warmth of her welcome. Crowds rivaling those which thronged London for the coronation lined the royal route from Westminster Pier where Elizabeth stepped ashore...