Word: generously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...neck, as she had with his seven brothers and three sisters. Many years later, when Father Skelly undertook the job of raising funds to build St. Joseph's College at Princeton, N.J., he slipped one of the medals into each letter asking for contributions. Impressed by the unexpectedly generous response, he decided that a special mark of gratitude to the Virgin was in order. In 1915 he founded the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal...
...nation's biggest unions last week made a bold, five-year pledge to continuing prosperity. They agreed to a contract guaranteeing 1) production without strikes for the five years of the contract, 2) an automatic wage increase every year, 3) one of the most generous pension plans in industry...
...course there is a moral obligation to Mr. Burr. But the obligation is to use his money for the great good and the great need. He was a generous, wise, and devoted son of Harvard. Let us, in turn employ his gift, as he apparently intended, as broadly and as wisely...
...courtier who observed: "Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down."* The Prince's first important royal job was an exciting and educational 150,000-mile road show as "Britain's Best Salesman." "The generous applause that greeted my hopeful banalities" caused him to marvel "at the tolerance with which the world's most democratic people continued to view its princes...
...Provost most certainly has established certain priorities for the needs of the College. Many pressing needs exist and we all hope they will eventually be filled. I hope you will agree with me, however, that the wishes of a generous benefactor cannot be entirely ignored, and that it is therefore fitting to use part of Mr. Burr's munificent bequest for a purpose that I am convinced was close to his heart. James R. Reynolds, Assistant to the President...