Nine collectors from the Bay Area have together promised the institution 195 works.
In one of the most significant gifts in the history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the philanthropist and cosmetics tycoon Leonard A. Lauder has promised the institution his collection of 78 Cubist paintings, drawings and sculptures.
When he visited his alma mater, the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University, last weekend, not only did he speak at the commencement ceremony for 7,500 graduates, but he also promised the institution $10 million, its largest donation ever.
A few weeks ago, when we rounded up some recent news of library desecration across the country, we promised our institutions of public edification that we'd start to do better.
On June 25 , 1860he restored the constitution of the Kingdom, adopted the Italian tricolour as the national flag, and promised special institutions for the Kingdom.
Thus Rawls' explanation for the obligatory force of promises is roughly: If you make a promise under a just promising institution, then you are obligated to uphold that institution (and obey its rules) because to do otherwise would be to 'free-ride' on the institution in a manner forbidden by the principle of fairness.
At a mass gathering on the Birmingham-Southern campus on Wednesday afternoon, the college president, David Pollick promised that the institution would help rebuild the churches.
Spots on the face were deemed normal, maybe even healthy, vanity being one of the undesired traits that the institution promised to eradicate.
It had been on view there since 2000, one of 400 works promised to the institution by Mr. Esmerian, a chairman emeritus of the museum.
"Institutions naturally wish to set out the full range of courses and facilities in an attractive manner, but there is a long lead time in the production of a prospectus and, in the rapidly evolving situation of a higher education institution, promised facilities may prove not to be available in subsequent years".
