The point of this critique is not for one moment to suggest that we shouldn't have private grant-making foundations, but rather to argue that they are not intrinsically any better than the quangos and other governmental-based methods of providing funds for the third sector, which the coalition is planning to axe.
As nations join and sign international conventions and treaties that increasingly include rights for women, feminists are supplied with a foundation from which to argue that local laws must comply with these international commitments.
Blankfein's testimony "lays the foundation for the government to argue that the release of this information was inappropriate," said Michael S. Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor who now chairs the white collar defense practice at the law firm Cole Schotz, and who is not involved in the Gupta trial.
Bosanquet came to blows with Beatrice Webb, whose economic explanations for the causes of poverty led her to argue for the first foundations of a welfare state.
In a report published on Thursday by Nesta, the innovation foundation, we argue that policymakers need to go further and faster in tackling the issue of balance across our research system.
As to why they donated $25,000 to Mr. Singer's foundation — which prosecutors argue was a payment for the cheating scheme — another lawyer for the couple said that they believed it was a legitimate charity.
We feel fear, and cling to our foundation, arguing that there must only be a binary identity -- either or -- and unconsciously protect our hard-won identity by rejecting him, mentally casting him out of our community and withdrawing our love and support.
The Clinton foundation could conveniently argue that Canadian law protects the anonymity of donors to charities.
A Congressional proposal to increase grants by taking expenses out of the 5percentt calculation was beaten back by a wide range of foundations, who argued that the change would slowly put them out of business.
With their strong backing from government and deep-pocketed foundations, she argues, charters are gradually sucking the best students and most committed parents both from the public system and the good parochial schools (which, in their dependency on tuition, can't compete with tax-supported charters) and killing both.
