Word: largesse
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...much of the funds needed to move out the lingering Russian troops. In Poland, he promised that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would expand to include Warsaw -- and, of course, the other former Warsaw-pact countries. So what did Clinton get in return for all theAmerican largess? At least one gift, a saxophone from Poland's Lech Walesa.parpar
...filed their 1993 financial-disclosure forms, which reveal the number of free trips they took. While the travel -- much of it with spouses -- comes in the midst of lobby reform, our representatives ( still managed to cover a lot of territory, from Switzerland to Boca Raton, Florida, thanks to the largess of corporations, think tanks and legislative service organizations...
...logistics--and the corporation within the corporation--only seems to get more complicated. Graduate schools, long having noted the largess the College gains from its reunions, have stepped up or started class gift programs...
Slurryville, drowning in poverty, naturally hopes for a share of her largess, and Mrs. Trumpefeller agrees--but on one condition. It is only after she names that terrible condition that the play comes to life, after its rather ponderous beginning...
...Broadway straight drama is a waif, proffered an occasional crumb of grudging acceptance; in London it sits at the head of the theatrical table dispensing "a largess universal, like the sun." Herewith a sampler of three offerings-a scintillant farce, a strong message play and a classic...