Sentence examples for humanities endowment from inspiring English sources

In 1994 public television showed 41 new films running 71 hours that received help from the humanities endowment.

Mr. Leach, 66, was sworn in by Michael McDonald, the acting deputy chairman and general counsel of the humanities endowment.

William Ferris, who steered the humanities endowment during the Clinton administration, said he hopes to hear an announcement about nominees soon.

Ms. Havemann of the humanities endowment said she was not aware that anyone at the academy had reached out regarding possible errors in the grant applications.

He changed his mind about the humanities endowment not because it had changed but as a way of attacking the Democrats who were then in power.

Like public television, the humanities endowment helps, however imperfectly, to foster a culture to counter the violent movies and trashy afternoon talk shows Mr. Bennett purports to deplore.

"I think that's a little modest," Mr. Dicks said, adding he thought that the budgets for both the arts and humanities endowments should increase to $170 million.

Ms. Slaughter said she does not think the lack of a permanent chairman would necessarily hurt the arts or humanities endowments during budget negotiations, saying that there are representatives from both parties who understand their importance.

With the exception of the B-list Hollywood names who get all dressed up (once, anyway) for the White House Correspondents Dinnerr, artists turn up in the city en masse only when Congress is posturing about the arts and humanities endowments.

The Office of Management and Budget, which is part of the White House, recently sent out a memorandum that lists the arts and humanities endowments among 40 mostly smaller agencies whose heads will not automatically be changed because of the arrival of the new administration.

That would be a job better left to, say, a select committee drawn from the national arts and humanities endowments and the National Science Foundation — except that Congress would have to authorize such a process, and Congress consists of politicians.