Egypt has always relied on munificent benefactors to sustain its patchy state and economy.

We thank all the benefactors and all others who have helped us bear all these sufferings.

Meanwhile, in Jamaica and across the rural outposts of Central America, drug lords have become benefactors and heroes to the poor.

In other words, the acquaintances and benefactors of the East Asian leaders were cronies, whereas those of US leaders were friends ?

He said to them, The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.'

And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

The inventor of the system deserves to be ranked among the best contributors to learning and science, if not the greatest benefactors of mankind.

During 1993, UNU received 14.9 million in fulfilment of pledges to the endowment fund and in operating and specific programme contributions from Governments and other benefactors.

I say, milord, that were statues decreed in Britain as they were in ancient Greece and Rome to public benefactors this noble citizen would most assuredly have one.

Why should a country choose to default as long as there are rich benefactors willing to lend money to preserve an illusion of normalcy? Bond markets are easily lulled.

As of 31 December 1993, pledges to the Endowment Fund and operating contributions made by 51 Governments and 7 other benefactors totalled some 271 million, of which 241.3 million had been received.

The Monitoring Team believes that Al Qaida, the Taliban and their associates continue to raise most of the money they need from the donations of knowing and unwitting benefactors and through local crime.

Because Latin American countries enjoy the billions of dollars that their countrymen in the United States send home, they should take note of how many of their benefactors are being treated by American officials.

As of 31 December 1992, pledges to the Endowment Fund and operating contributions made by 50 Governments and 5 other benefactors totalled some US 263.75 million, of which US 226.4 million had been received.

Libya s leaders and their Western benefactors have no choice but to consider and address the effects of Qaddafi s legacy on public attitudes and official behavior. But they must also accept that only modernization of Libya s state and society the agenda that Qaddafi pursued, albeit in a perverted form will ensure the country s survival.

But Mubarak never entirely fit his detractors portrayal of him as an American lackey. In fact, Mubarak s need to please his Saudi Arabian benefactors, not the United States, was paramount in his thinking. Although he sometimes supported American policies, Mubarak frequently rebuffed the US when its positions did not align with his own.