Sentence examples for preservation mission from inspiring English sources

Mr. Foer called it a "preservation mission".

Illien told me that, when faced with Kahle's proposal, "national libraries decided they could not rely on a third party," even a nonprofit, "for such a fundamental heritage and preservation mission".

George was an ardent supporter of the Conservancy's preservation mission and, as Chairman of our West Coast Council, led our work in California, including the restoration of the gardens on Alcatraz Island.

And if the World Monuments Fund were restricted to advocating architectural preservation, its mission would be one luxury among many.

That is good news for the planet's big cats and their habitats: their preservation is the mission of Panthera, a foundation that is a major philanthropic focus of his.

It is in Gambia that Mr. Fleck encounters the akonting, a primitive three-string forerunner of the banjo whose preservation is the mission of a troupe known as the Jatta Family.

The starving giraffes, which miraculously survived the falling bombs, were nursed back to health by Red Army officers.Today's Schönbrunn sees its mission as preservation and education.

"Are there original plays being written in Yiddish?" In recent years Folksbiene has confronted that issue by expanding its mission from preservation to a focus on original work that renews Yiddish culture, Mr. Mlotek said.

Yet he also emphasizes, subtly but firmly, the library's other core mission — the preservation and dissemination of the esoterica or arcana of culture and science for the purpose of fostering future scholarship.

But the sound of raised voices, even letters of resignation tendered and, we hope, withdrawn, is the sound of artists, executives and audiences committed to a common mission, the preservation of a living culture.

But the American wing has been dogged by accusations of elitism since it was formed in 2000, and recently roiled with conflict over whether its primary mission was preservation of tradition, or activism for new models of healthy eating, sustainability and better food for the poor.