Word: legacyism
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Abrahams started the annual Ig Nobel ceremony in 1991 with the support of Warren Seamans, director of the MIT museum. The prizes are a legacy from the estate of the legendary Ignatius ("Ig") Nobel, the inventor of excelsior (packing material) and co-inventor of soda pop.
Blessed by his bloodlines, Edward Moore Kennedy should have been able to count on the adjective "incumbent" as a perpetual political heirloom. Even in this season of electoral discontent with the vagaries and pomposities of politics, his Kennedy and Fitzgerald legacy retains magic. In spite of scandal, the Senator still...
Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, Democratic Party power hostess, widow of multimillionaire Averell, and currently U.S. Ambassador to France, has always been fiercely protective of her wealth -- every last dollar, every last dime. Now, money is at the heart of a legal battle between Harriman and Averell's descendants by...
Now the public has an unprecedented chance to peer over the shoulders of archaeologists and historians and get a firsthand look at the legacy of the Mongols and their Asian predecessors. A traveling exhibition called "Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan" opened last week at the...
"Through my association with the Kennedy School, HIID and the Mason Program, I feel very tied in to his legacy." Grindle said in a statement. "I hope this position will allow me to contribute usefully to Harvard's increasingly international role."