Word: lush
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...avoid putting his foot into his mouth is to keep it shut. Lately, however. Bailey's name has been prominently mentioned in a state insurance investigation. The Connecticut state government places its fire, casualty and related insurance through a single "agency of record." which thereby collects lush commissions. This agency distributes part of the commission cake to politically deserving "sub-agents," who do little if anything for the money they get. The arrangement was authorized by a state law in 1939, and Republicans, when they held power in Connecticut, also took full political advantage of it. The Coup. Early...
...strain? Having asked itself the question, a Ford Foundation study group called Resources for the Future spelled out a 1,000-page answer that bristles with confidence Come the turn of the century, says th report,' U.S. resources will easily be able to support U.S. citizens on the lush leve of living they will have learned to expect...
...income tax law, and hopes to eliminate a welter of other tax laws that permit Congress to allot 48% of total federal revenues to "autonomous agencies" such as the Red Cross, universities, private schools and sports clubs. The government is moving ahead with a program to push roads into lush but unused lands near the coast, educating farmers from the Andean highlands to grow cotton, rice, sugar and coffee, and providing them with development credits...
...British premiere last week, could Bartok fans find hints of the more familiar dissonances and pounding rhythms of the composer's later career. This was vintage stuff, dating back to Bartok's early romantic period. And after a long orchestral introduction, Kentner opened a floodgate of lush, big-fisted chords...
...Philadelphia Orchestra has a sound all its own. though Conductor Eugene Ormandy is rankled by the idea of a "Philadelphia Sound"; it's the "Ormandy Sound," he says. In either case, the Philadelphia often seems like one great violin in the sky. Its lush sound persists deep into the driest classics, where Ormandy, a former violinist and a rhapsodic conductor, finds himself in occasional trouble. But in the immense music that is his specialty, Ormandy is without equal. In the 19th and 20th century showpieces that he likes to conduct, Ormandy joyfully exhibits the great virtuosity of Philadelphia...