Word: interest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Foundation gives about half of its grants to public-interest, grass-roots community groups in Boston. The other grants go to community groups in New England. The group continues to raise money, chiefly from donations from individuals with inherited wealth, a member of the group said yesterday...
...Foundation gives about half of its grants to public-interest, grass-roots community groups in Boston. The other grants go to community groups in New England. The group continues to raise money, chiefly from donations from individuals with inherited wealth, a member of the group said yesterday...
...most of his top officials are Alawites, who make up only 11% of the population. The Islamic revival that has swept through Iran has had its effect in Syria. Baffled by rapid change and denied the outlet of free political expression, Syria's youth has displayed a renewed interest in traditional religion; the new mood has served to strengthen the Sunni community. It has also drawn increased attention to corruption among Alawite military leaders, most notably Assad's brother Rifaat, whose responsibilities include Damascus' security forces...
...right to protect his reputation. The court did not want to stop people who had been defamed from suing for libel. But at the same time, it wanted to make sure that the risk of costly libel suits would not prevent the press from publishing stories of public interest. So, in a line of cases going back to New York Times vs. Sullivan in 1964, the court gradually worked out a compromise: it made it very difficult for people who involve themselves in public issues to win a libel suit. These "public figures" must show "actual malice"; in other words...
Only Eno has used the capabilities of the synthesizer to create entirely new sounds, noises which make it a unique instrument, not an imitator. Bowie succeeds on Lodger by harnessing Eno's abstruse, intellectual sounds and molding them into songs with human interest for a mass audience. That's not decadent; it's visionary...