"While both of these are commonly known for their support of conservative causes — just as other private foundations are known for supporting more liberal causes — the funding sources played no role at all in the design or conduct of the study, the analyses, the interpretations of the data, or in the preparation of this manuscript".
Even countries known for their support of Israel do not accept the legality of Israel's unilateral annexation of East Jerusalem.
Vanessa Redgrave and Harold Pinter, known for their support of Palestinian rights, were among those who criticized the workshop.
But Ms. Gund and Ms. Tisch are also well known for their support of major Manhattan institutions and have not quite taken the philanthropic path of the Rubins, who say, for them, small really is beautiful.
In a linguistic, legalistic tangle reminiscent of the butterfly ballots in Florida that confused some voters into choosing their least favorite candidate, Suffolk County residents, known for their support of land preservation, ended up voting down the chance to borrow up to about $45 million over the next 13 years for the purchase of open land.
Fortunately, in their acknowledgments, Mansfield, a translator of Machiavelli who teaches government at Harvard, and Winthrop, a lecturer there who is administrator of Harvard's program on constitutional government, thank the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the John M. Olin Foundation, widely known for their support of the intellectual right wing.
She also delivered an affectionate salute to "Brummies," as residents of Birmingham are known, for their support in the months after her shooting, when she was flown there for specialized surgery.
Mr. Taylor knew the strategy of the groups he supported and knew of their intention to commit crimes, but nonetheless provided substantial aid, the panel said.
Norah Vincent, defending blogging on the Los Angeles Times op-ed page, went farther and argued that the hostility between the old media and blogs forms part of a larger political war, with the elite liberal media establishment on one side and populist conservative upstarts (often known as warbloggers because of their support for military actions by the United States and Israel) on the other.
