Word: benefactors
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Indeed, Suarez is said to be a great benefactor. A wealthy cattleman with vast lands in Bolivia's Beni region, he reportedly has underwritten most of the education costs for an entire district and regularly provides technical or college education abroad for young people in the area. Little wonder, then, that when Suarez had appendicitis two years ago, he was able to slip into the hospital in Santa Cruz (pop. 376,000), his hometown in Bolivia's Oriente region, for treatment. "The authorities were searching for him," explains one of Suarez's friends, "but the whole town conspired to protect...
Guides often tell the story of how Daniel Chester French, the same person who created the Lincoln Memorial, actually used a student model when sculpting the statue of John Harvard 100 years ago. No pictures of the University's benefactor have survived...
...remarkable human being, and a tremendous benefactor of Harvard, in many other ways than financial". Johnson added. Weld also contributed regularly to the Lucius W. Neiman Fellowship for journalists, according to Johnson. In addition, Weld raised funds for the University as a member of two Harvard Campaign committees...
...like Siamese twins. One can't do anything without the other knowing about it." The closeness of the bond has made it all the more difficult for the President to extricate himself from the Aquino affair. The U.S. Government, Marcos' main foreign supporter and benefactor, reacted to the board's reports last week by reminding him that it expected the investigation to be vigorously pursued. Meanwhile, some 5,000 protesting citizens took to the streets of Manila calling for the President to resign...
...Arthur M. Sackler, the Museum's principle benefactor, is a research physician, an international medical publisher and a collector of Oriental art. His charitable contributions include major donations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. His gift is the largest single contribution ever made to Harvard for its art museums...