Word: landlordism
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...Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh winged through the night across the North Atlantic, touched down at Gander, Newfoundland for fuel, then skipped south to Bermuda, Britain's oldest colony. Landing at U.S.-leased Kindley Air Force Base, the Duke, technically the airport commander's landlord, graciously thanked him for the courtesy of his runway. That afternoon, during a round of nine parishes and two towns, the Duke lost his equerries at a garden party, asked in mock dismay: "Where the devil's my escort?" Next day, the royal plane set down at Jamaica...
...Avarice and Anger, a greedy landlord and his angry wife engage in a bitter quarrel over money the husband has taken from a poor tenant. The rather contrived ending, however, is a weak point...
...general landlord for all other agencies, Mansure has cracked down on wasteful habits all over Washington. By installing a motor pool, he cut the number of cars used by his own agency from 36 to eight. He also persuaded Small Business Administrator William Mitchell, who rates a $1,400 sedan, to use a $365 secondhand Mercury instead...
...astounding fact is that the U.S. Government is now operating some 100 separate types of business enterprises in which it has sunk at least $40 billion. Among other things, the Government has become the nation's largest insurer, electric-power producer, lender, landlord, grain owner, warehouse operator and shipowner. It monopolizes the world's biggest potential new industry: atomic energy...
...well-documented series brought quick action. Democratic Mayor Martin Kennelly hastened to announce a meeting of top housing experts to "consider" the News's charges, while Chicago's city councilmen and metropolitan housing council got ready to investigate on their own. One Chicago judge ordered a landlord to tear down a building listed in the News series, and show the court a picture of the empty lot or face a $2,200 fine. As a result of the News series, a bill before the state legislature to tighten up housing laws now seemed certain to pass. Said...