Word: benefitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...human race than any other single error." Dinesen adds, "Even these old champions of marriage, who think they are on secure moral ground, must, if they would for once ransack their own hearts and brains, admit that they are confusing the eternal rights that work for the benefit of humanity with their own personal taste -- a confusion that is still to be found even in the most honorable people . . ." The subject is likely to be debated as long as there are readers (and marriages). But there can be no argument about the author's restive, analytical mind and style...
They are booked solid through next June: nightclubs, country clubs, banquets, benefit afternoon performances in a local park -- name it, they play it. "I wanted the Glenn Miller sound," Stan was saying one recent Sunday night at O'Shea's, where he plays every Sunday night, "and it turned out it was perfect for southwest Florida, for the age group here. The sentiment. The nostalgia. We played the elegant Quail Creek Country Club in Naples last night. When we opened, the people jumped up, and they didn't stop dancing from 8 till midnight." That said, Stan slid into...
...Arts for People, a nonprofit group that provides artists and entertainers for the critically ill at Dallas-area hospitals and institutions. His sentence, which also includes a $15,000 fine, means that a prison system full to bursting need not make room for one more. He sees a benefit to the community too. "I just love the job," he says. "I'll probably continue it after the sentence...
...campaign of the opposition Social Democrats has fallen as flat as the party's slogan, "Let justice reign and not social coldness." Social Democratic Leader Johannes Rau has hammered away at the obvious issues: the continued unemployment of 2.2 million workers, a government tax-reform proposal that would chiefly benefit the wealthy, and , cuts in social spending. Declares Rau: "I read the business section of the paper, and I see that we're doing great. But then I read my mail...
...criticized his role in the 1983 crash of the value of Israeli bank stocks. As public indignation mounted last week, the bank's board of directors voted to suspend Japhet's "golden handshake." A review of the affair has begun, but few observers expect that Japhet will regain his benefit package...