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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

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLINTON . . . TOURING THE POST-SOVIET WORLD | 7/6/1994 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top 10 Sponsors of Congressional Junkets | 7/4/1994 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Reunion Gifts Drive Week Of Partying | 6/8/1993 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, | Title: Like That Old Relative Who Won't Go Away: A "Dragging" Visit at the Loeb Mainstage | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Pride of the London Season | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

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