Word: patronizer
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Silverstein has never been known as a patron of architecture: 7 World Trade Center was one of the uglier buildings in lower Manhattan, which is saying something. But this is a historic undertaking; it brings out the visionary in everybody. And at age 71, Silverstein knows what the word legacy means--or what it might mean. "I want this to be a timeless development," he says. Then again, who doesn't? All that we need now to achieve real greatness--to produce something that does honor to the people who died there, to the people who loved them...
...multi-million dollar project will bring HOLLIS users what library staff are calling “patron empowerment...
...Cuban economy has struggled since the collapse of its Soviet patron, and the recent coup attempt on Castro's Venezuelan ally President Hugo Chavez - in which Havana's lifeline to cheap oil was briefly cut - was a reminder of Cuba's continued vulnerability. The growing presence of European, Canadian and Latin American investors and the government's see-sawing policy toward small Cuban entrepreneurs signals the inevitability of capitalist reforms...
...threatened day of reckoning with the U.S. He is busily embracing Arab leaders so they won't sign up for Bush II's get-Saddam campaign. He is dickering with the U.N.--again--over revised sanctions and weapons inspections. He is trading on his role as patron of the Palestinian uprising, sending cash to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers instead of spending it to feed and house long-suffering Iraqis. Most of them despair. But they celebrate his birthday nonetheless. Karim, 36, who asked that I give him a pseudonym, runs a car-alarm business: the nouveau riche...
...feet touched firm Mother Earth once again, I gave thanks both for the laws of physics, which worked unseen to keep me planted on the back seat of that bike, and for having Marah Carter Stith—the patron saint of motorcycle virgins—as my guide...