Word: patronizers
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...have to understand that this is a culture we have to preserve," Bob Richmond, a Cambridge resident and Tasty patron for almost 50 years, said last night...
That reaction was better than some others. Leo Stein, Picasso's wealthy American patron, called the painting a "horrible mess." Henri Matisse, with whom Picasso maintained an edgy rivalry, doubled up in laughter when he saw the work in Picasso's studio. Andre Derain, a painter who was becoming friendly with Picasso, warned an acquaintance: "This can only end in suicide. One day, Picasso will be found hanging behind the Demoiselles...
DIED. JEAN-BEDEL BOKASSA, 75, ex-Central African President and self-proclaimed Emperor who ruled for 13 years as one of Africa's most brutal despots; in Bangui. His lavish, bizarre and murderous ways embarrassed his chief patron, France, which finally helped depose...
...this year, a patron's gift of computer equipment and television monitors has enabled HRTV to set up its production and editing site adjoining their studio...
...appetites and acquisitiveness were swaddled in social graces. She seems also to have given good value to the men who provided--sometimes simultaneously--the residences, the antiques, the designer frocks and the sort of pin money only Cartier understands. As Averell Harriman's wife and widow, she became a patron of defeated Democrats, opening her house to promising politicians, Bill Clinton among them. According to the numbers, Pamela Harriman was an effective party fund raiser, although not an especially generous contributor...