Word: projects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the evil tidings were borne to him in Hollywood, 61-year-old Walter flew into a Vesuvian rage. Elsa Maxwell, fumed he, is a "fat, sloppy, smelly [unmentionable]." What was worse, said he, she had jeopardized his pet project, the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund: "Letters have been pouring in from people saying, 'We're not going to give any money to the fund because we hear on the Paar show that you are un-American!'" Winchell announced plans to enrich the Runyon Fund by $24 million by suing all twelve of Paar's sponsors...
...Hossein Nasr 4G, president of the group, refused, however, to confirm reports that the Aga had contributed funds for the mosque, and his uncle the price of the land. Nasr said the two "have donated a large proportion" and are "very much interested in the project...
...ever-expanding Harvard Student Agencies will produce next year a coupon booklet offering free gifts and other inducements from local merchants, Edward L. Croman '60, director of the project, announced yesterday...
...University has always had the power to determine which plays are presented in its theaters, but up to now it has wisely allowed proposals for student productions to come from student groups. No production originated by students has been set aside for the pet project of a faculty member. Equally important, no case has recently come to light of a refusal to give theater space to a play on aesthetic or "moral" grounds...
...Contamination of food crops from strontium-90 fallout can be reduced by simply adding lime to the soil, said the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory's Dr. Eric B. Fowler. His team found, in "Project Green Thumb," that plants growing in calcium-poor soils are avid for strontium: give them enough crushed limestone (which is 40% calcium), and they lose much of their appetite...