His tone was munificent, as if congratulating me for having the name I did.

NEWYORKER: Lucky Alan

The munificent donor to many good causes was ready to foreclose on a loan to his son.

ECONOMIST: Jack Simplot

Free secondary education for all arrived in 1967, and after 1973 Irish farmers benefited from Europe's munificent farm subsidies.

ECONOMIST: The luck of the Irish

Party cohesion and the desire to make a munificent living in DC go a long way to enforce silence.

FORBES: Jeff Connaughton's "The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins" A Book Review

And despite Mr Bush's munificent gesture, American firms may also miss out on the coming boom in India's civil-nuclear industry.

ECONOMIST: Little is expected of Barack Obama��s visit to India

Spurred on by well-trailed if not exactly munificent offers from Japan, Germany, Britain and America, a suprisingly long list of donors came forward with their pledges.

ECONOMIST: Helping Afghanistan

Federal prosecutors, in contrast to most of their targets, operate on the basis of munificent funding (even if the money is borrowed by the government).

FORBES: Black and Whitey: How the Feds Disable Criminal Defense

The next time the oil price falls or money runs short, it might end up having to offer even more munificent terms to lure the oilmen back.

ECONOMIST: Vladimir Putin's Russia

Irving found a willing publisher, McGraw-Hill, and obtained a munificent advance after he showed the publishers three forged letters he claimed had been written by Hughes that purportedly authorized the biography.

FORBES: Armstrong and Te'O--True Sparrows Or Fake Eagles

Munificent allowances are another wheeze to rob the taxpayer.

ECONOMIST: How the bureaucrats rob the taxpayers

Recently, Computer Associates has been more munificent.

WSJ: Firms That Get Stingy With Layoff Packages May Pay a High Price