Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...play tour of war-ravaged Europe, he saw to it that his fellow Congressmen got an eye-opening look at the ugly realities of postwar Europe. Result: the Herter committee's reports came out so staunchly for aid to Europe that the Marshall Plan won sturdy bipartisan support. "Without the Herter committee's groundwork," said a top Washington aidman. "the program of foreign aid would never have been passed...
Bruner also took issue with those who might criticize his proposal because of its costliness. "People said the same thing when President Lowell proposed tutorial. The only way to get support for such a system is to try it first, using money from the Program and hoping for grants from interested founadtions and individuals...
...late to prove that the Boston area (of which Harvard is a part) has sufficient cultural maturity to support an organization devoted to good theatre on a full-scale basis. An eight-week lease on life may be time enough to enable the Repertory to gain enough patronage to make it possible to open next fall. The remaining two productions, announced in its schedule are both American premieres of comedies by well-known European dramatists. If R.B.I. stays in business both will open on schedule; with luck, they will stir up enough interest to set the company on its feet...
...devoted enthusiasts are often more valuable than an army of apathetic admirers, but Repertory Boston must broaden its base of public support. This base can be broadened by sending checks, bills, coins, subway tokens, green stamps, boxtops--anything negotiable--to R.B.I. Money may also be placed in its coffers by attending its performances...
Southpaw Tom Boone started the game for the Crimson and went all the way, striking out ten and walking only three. With good support behind him, Boone was far more effective than in his first start Saturday against Northeastern...