Word: lavishing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most lightly governed big city. Property taxes are enviably mild, and the city relies heavily on private initiative and philanthropy to provide public facilities. Houston's only sizable public park is a gift from a rich donor. Much of the money for the city's lavish new medical center came from private contributions. Rice University, one of the Southwest's best educational institutions, is a privately supported, tuition-free school with a $70 million endowment...
...same time, the Student Employment Office deserves the full attention of its director. When freed of a conflict of interests, Burke ought to be able to lavish on the job the energy he put into...
...beneath a mountain of spear-carrier costumes. "I was pretty disappointed." he says now, "but I was determined to come back singing the great parts." Last week McCracken came back, and in grander style than most spear carriers could dream of: he sang Otello in the premiere of a lavish new Met production...
Shin a story in the Feb. 22 issue you say that Alabama's Governor George C. Wallace denounced the lavish spending of his predecessor, John Patterson. During my interview with him, Governor Wallace did condemn lavish spending in strong terms, saying "It's criminal, it's a shame, it's a sin." But he was careful to avoid any specific reference by name to any of his predecessors...
Seated last week beneath the huge chandelier in his paneled office, Alabama's Governor George C. Wallace gulped Coke and denounced the lavish spending of his predecessor, John Patterson. Growled Wallace: "It's criminal, it's a shame...