Word: backer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That may be so, but what got them into the theaters was something different. The film's primary backer is Crouch's father Paul, CEO and star (with his bounteously bouffanted wife Jan) of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. TBN is actually not a "little Christian channel" but a giant in the sometimes overlooked field of televangelism. Showcasing preachers both black and white, it claims to reach 84 million homes and takes in some $80 million a year in contributions, primarily from 1.5 million "partners" who give annually...
Ironically, one of the few black faces in the audience was Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West '74, a Bradley backer...
...Laden resolution, because the fugitive Saudi is alleged to have actively supported Islamic separatists in Chechnya and in western China. "Even more important for Bin Laden, China appears to be the major player in Pakistan now," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "And Pakistan remains the Taliban?s key backer, which could mean increased pressure on Bin Laden...
...Hoover Institution was not simply the financial backer of the project that produced this collection. With the Russian State Archives (Rosarkhiv), Hoover initiated and directed the project. Since 1992, when I signed an agreement with the Russian State Archives, Hoover and Rosarkhiv have microfilmed over 12 million pages of documentation from the Communist Party and State archives, and are now filming documents on the Soviet Gulag. Hoover provided all the necessary resources for the project. An advisory board composed of scholars representing the Hoover Institution and Rosarkhiv selected the documents filmed for the collection...
...Pakistani military ? the U.S. explicitly warned against the military seizing power only three weeks ago." Rhetoric aside, however, a military government may be cautious about dramatically changing Pakistan?s foreign relations. Even if they?re more defiant of Washington, Pakistan?s generals remain fairly beholden to their other major backer, Beijing. It was China?s refusal to support the Kashmir incursion that may ultimately have persuaded the Pakistani generals that they had no choice but to accept Nawaz?s order to retreat. "And despite some sympathy for Islamic fundamentalism among junior officers, the military retains its role as a modernizing...