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Rockefeller (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
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indri (iou) and Rockefeller Foundation (sh)


indri (iou)



indri noun. . M19.
[from Malagasy indry! lo! behold!, or indry izy! there he is!, mistaken for the name of the animal, which in Malagasy is babakoto (see BABACOOTE).]
A large woolly black and white lemur of Madagascar, Indri indri, having long hind legs and a short tail and progressing by long leaps between trees. Also, any lemur of the family Indriidae, as the sifaka.
woolly indri: see WOOLLY adjective.

Rockefeller Foundation (sh)




U.S. philanthropic organization.

It was endowed by John D. Rockefeller and chartered in 1913 to alleviate human suffering worldwide. Rockefeller was assisted in its Management by his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Among its many activities, the foundation supports medical research and Education. It also provides grant and fellowship programs in the social sciences, agricultural sciences, and global environmental studies, and in building democracy and international philanthropy.