Word: patronism
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...years visitors to Cuba's National Capitol have plodded across the vast "Hall of Lost Steps" to gawk at a giant diamond in the floor. Last week it was gone from its star-shaped setting. On the Day of St. Dismas, patron of good thieves, a thief crashed the glass covering, chiseled out the 23 -carat shiner. * Alongside he jotted cabalistically: 2:45-3:10, then ap parently left by the Capitolio's front door...
...dudish Editor White on the street, he reacted in an editorial broadside, What's the Matter with Kansas? His answer: Populism. The editorial made Editor White a national figure and helped to elect William McKinley President. It also made Republican Boss Mark Hanna White's devoted patron, a circumstance which once gave President McKinley a bad turn. Hanna first introduced Editor White to the President by putting his hand on White's shoulder and saying: "This is my boy." McKinley batted a shocked eye. "Oh no, no, Mr. President," said Hanna. "I mean...
...these restrictions were mild compared to the requirement imposed upon those men who came from homes more than 100 miles from Cambridge. All such men had to place all their funds in the care of a "Patron" appointed by the University and could "incur debts only on the order of the Patron...
Frank Lloyd Wright, most-publicized of architects and patron saint of some, was the subject of a forthcoming biography. Author: his son, John. Title: My Father Who Is on Earth...
...when the first check was delivered last week, delicate, greying Mrs. Aurora Aragon de Quezon immediately sent it back. With it went a letter which demonstrated why thousands of Filipinos regard her as a combination queen-mother and patron saint...