Word: sponsor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There was a church called Community Church, and it was John Hancock's kind of institution. It recognized that religion was hollow without social principles, and it liked to sponsor men with ideas about society--all kinds of ideas, from conservative to radical. A few of the men had lent their ideas to groups some congressional committees had said were "subversive." But, like John Hancock, the Church was not afraid of freedom of speech. Its members liked the chance to make up its own minds. The Community Church won a respected place among Boston's institutions...
...prestige program," in broadcasting circles, is a show that abounds in a specific type of intelligence: it is intelligently conceived, intelligently produced and aimed at an audience with a reasonably high intelligence. It is seldom sponsored, for any intelligent sponsor knows that reasonably intelligent audiences are hardly worth spending money on. Such a program is Gunsmoke (CBS Radio, Sat. 9:30 p.m., E.S.T...
...clean the show up. Kitty would have to be living with her parents on a sweet little ranch . . . And Matt, he'd have to wear buckskin and swagger around with his guns blazing. He'd even have to ride a pure white charger. Of course, if a sponsor did come along who would let us leave Gunsmoke as it is, then we'd really be pleased...
This year's production is the first opera buffs to be given by the 22-year-old musical organization. The Musical Society was founded in 1931 to sponsor small concerts by House members. The first opera performed by the group was Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas...
...American Friends of the Mid-East will sponsor a speech on the Arab's viewpoint on the Palestine problem by Mrs. Wadia Khouri Makdissi at 8 p.m. this evening in Holmes Hall. Born in England of Lebanese parents, Mrs. Makdissi is a leader in education and civic activities in Beirut, Lebanon...