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...Smith is no Donald Trump. He is widely described as a generous philanthropist who shies away from public attention...
...program that does the best job of mimicking a human being will earn its creator a $1500 prize. New York philanthropist Hugh G. Loebner has pledged to award $100,000 to the inventor of the machine that first passes the Turing test without restrictions on the topic of discussion...
PRESS Brash Al Neuharth is a philanthropist -- at Gannett Co. expense...
PRINCE Turki is no ordinary filthy rich philanthropist. Last year, two women who were hired to care for the prince's children were "rescued" by police after they dropped notes from a London hotel window saying they were being held captive. Seven other women who worked for the prince made similar claims. In 1982, the prince, his wife and their agents allegedly assaulted Miami police officers searching for a servant thought to be held as a slave. (The prince later sued, claiming the police were the ones who had been violent...
...N.Y.P.L. Healy has his work cut out for him. Despite its name, the library is a private institution and has just come through a $304 million fund drive in which Gregorian, philanthropist Brooke Astor and board chairman Andrew Heiskell shook every money tree in the city. Gregorian restored the splendid beaux arts edifice on 42nd Street, eliminated a years-long lag in cataloging and listed all publications after 1972 on a computer. Then he departed to be president of Brown University where, presumably, he will charm the birds out of the Rhode Island foliage...