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...Affluent Families. But just why Woods and the Schoenfeld brothers -members of affluent families-would become involved in kidnaping remained a mystery. The only time that the three got into trouble before was one joyriding night in 1974, they were fined $125 each and put on probation. "We had no reason to expect to see them again," says District Attorney Warren Haas. "They were good kids." Now, charged with 27 counts of kidnaping, they could get life in prison-without parole...
...primary, and the Scoop Jackson and George Wallace campaigns are moribund-there will be a lively scrap in the separate competition for 108 delegates. Udall plans to divide most of his remaining time and money between New Jersey and Ohio. He will probably win some delegates in affluent suburbia...
...even more insidious threat to Iran's development is that the benefits flow to the already rich classes. One result is an attitude of largesse oblige-if you have money, spend it. Instead of heading for Caspian Sea resorts, affluent Iranians now fly to Europe for a vacation-or a dental checkup, a visit to a London tailor or a Paris mistress. Some government ministers have tripled their departments' budgets, then put the money into expensive furniture and other signs of ostentation. The governor of Baluchistan province almost lost his job for ending his fiscal year with...
Most of those in attendance come to participate in the race, and the overall atmosphere is one of nervous expectation and serious preparation. It is, as Medenica notes, "a youthful, affluent, basically hedonistic crowd," looking for more out of the day than a simple spin around a country road...
...road race crowd, then, is composed to a large extent of doctors, lawyers, engineers and other professionals better able to absorb the high costs involved. "It's a kind of Walter Mitty-type thing, but in a fairly affluent crowd," Yerkes explained before the race...