Word: wgbh
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Says You!, originating from WGBH Boston and heard on 65 public-radio stations, restores some intellectual equilibrium to the airwaves. Created and hosted by Richard Sher, it offers cunning posers to two teams of players: the sports origin of such phrases as "play for keeps" (marbles) and "to get a rise out of" (fishing); words derived from the Latin for "above the eyebrow" (supercilious) and "before and after" (preposterous); definitions of recent coinages like adhocracy and nouvelle cuisine (which Kahn defined as "a fashionable way to starve in polite company...
...creator of the mischievous storybook monkey Curious George, bequeathed 20 percent of her estate to PBHA. Her will divided the remaining 80 percent among 15 other non-profit organizations, with WGBH and the Longy School of Music receiving the next largest shares...
...long-term friend, proposed to amend the author's will to better reflect Rey's final wishes, but WGBH and several of the other beneficiaries opposed her changes...
...many months of legal wrangling are now ending. Following Wednesday's vote, the three major beneficiaries--PBHA, WGBH and the Longy School--have all approved the amendments, and PBHA officials expect the other 13 beneficiaries to follow suit...
With the acquiescence of WGBH, reported yesterday in the Boston Globe, the passage of the amendments appears to be assured...