patron
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Here the enduring wisdom of Indian spiritual philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti, Ojai’s informal patron saint, serves even to hold a recent incursion of ultra-rich to account.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
Danielle Allen’s excellent book “Radical Duke” builds on these discoveries and makes a further claim: that Paine, and a cohort of other radical writers, wrote at the behest of a singular, powerful aristocratic patron.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
How the RSF appears to have an inexhaustible supply of drones has been the subject of speculation, but observers say it has a wealthy Persian Gulf patron of its own in the United Arab Emirates.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Earlier this year, Princess Eugenie stepped down as patron of a separate charity, Anti-Slavery International, a role she had held for seven years.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Academia was just beginning to sense the United States government’s potential heft as a patron of scientific research.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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