... piers or drawbridge. There must be only one great arch all the way across. Surely this must be a wonderful bridge." A charter authorized a private company to build and operate an East River bridge in April 1867. The odd thing about this charter is that it did not say specifically that was to be done. The cities were not required to approve the plans ... or the location. The charter said only that it be a toll bridge. A month after the charter became a law, John Roebling had been named engineer of the work. As an experienced bridge-builder, Roebling knew that only a suspension bridge wou...

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... company-sponsored foundations include the AT&T Foundation, Alcoa Foundation, and the General Motors Foundation. Operating foundations generally employ their own staffs to directly operate programs determined by their charter and governing body. Thus, their programs are tailored to specific purposes. Operating foundations award few or no grants to outside individuals or groups. For example, the Norton Simon ... Health and medicine attract much aid from foundations. For example, the Carnegie Corporation sponsored a study of medical education by Abraham Flexner that resulted in a vast impro...

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