Word: diamonds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chicago's poor every two weeks. In summer, they provide free vacations for twelve older people each month at a pleasant cottage on Delavan Lake, Wisconsin. Their ideal of a truly welcome gift for a penniless old woman is not a bundle of used clothing but a diamond ring on her silver wedding anniversary...
...Rassco's horizons widened. The company still raises sheep in Samson's Ashkelon, and cattle on the plains of Maresha where Joshua's army marched. But through a string of 52 subsidiaries and affiliates, Rassco is now involved in citrus groves, organic fertilizer, dairies, Bible publishing, diamond polishing, supermarkets, North Atlantic fishing boats, hotels and high-rise apartments. In 65 Israel communities, 93 Rassco building projects are underway; the biggest is a 28-story skyscraper in Tel Aviv. Altogether, on a gross turnover of $60 million last year, Rassco made a profit...
...prime ministers, princes and popes. It has financed wars and reparations treaties, changed the course of politics and bailed out armies and na tions. The Rothschilds strung railroads across the Continent, gained control of the Suez Canal for Britain, supported oilfields in the Caucasus and the Sahara, carved diamond mines in the African veld. Seldom unimaginative in the use of their money, they paid for the expedition that exhumed the mummy of Egypt's long-lost King Tutankhamen, have supported countless hungering artists and endowed many hospitals. To be a Rothschild has usually meant the possession not only...
...outbid other countries. Lionel de Rothschild, sucking on a grape, casually agreed to get the money for his friend Dizzy (Disraeli)-at only 3% interest. The Rothschilds helped to bankroll the empire-building exploits of Cecil Rhodes, and took home a large bundle of stock in the De Beers diamond and gold trust...
...paper francs embellished with his portrait, which were almost valueless outside Guinea. As a result, cattle, coffee and bananas -and U.S. Food for Peace supplies-were smuggled into neighboring countries to be sold for hard currency. Toure also nationalized virtually every business in Guinea, including the once-lucrative diamond mines...