Word: largess
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Your story is a cogent and objective presentation of a complex subject. But under no circumstances can the National Farmers Organization be classed as rightist. Neither is the N.F.O. loath to accept government direction or largess...
...mosques and schools. He left an estimated $800 million, though the young Aga Khan warns, "You can't count hospitals-they're an expense, not a profit." Since his grandfather willed him the title three years ago, the Aga Khan's principal job has been dispensing largess. Inevitably, he must turn down far more requests than he grants. In Pakistan, he inaugurated a housing project as a step toward his goal of "a house for every Ismaili family." At Punjab University, he set up five scholarships abroad, but he rejected a student demand...