Word: magical
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...plan to keep the Caribbean Basin out of Cuba's orbit by pulling on its economic bootstraps is rooted in what the President likes to call the "magic of the marketplace." Said he: "It is an integrated program that helps our neighbors help themselves, under which creativity and private entrepreneurship and self-help can flourish." The "centerpiece" is a twelve-year exemption from tariffs on exports to the U.S., the first such trading advantage to be given to any region. Although 87% of U.S. imports from the basin are already duty-free, Reagan hopes that extending free trade will...
Their materialism, especially as incarnated in limos and jewels, reduces us into believing that it represents the sublime. Asceticism, which worked similar magic on medieval monks and more recently on Jerry Brown, just isn't fun. Reagan's inauguration. Chivas Regal ads, and books like Kahn's provide many examples of people flaunting their money Extravagance promises a ready way to self-help, to rising above the crowd. Extremism in the pursuit of riches is no vice. We link it first to priceless human virtues, like individual drive and creativity, and only later on waste and self-indulgence. Jock Whitney...
Fifteen appeared to be the magic--or tragic--number last week, as University officials announced percentage tuition hikes of that amount at the College and six Harvard graduate schools...
...cannot fail to be impressed by Ozick's latest collection. But it is an impression that is made by high intelligence and willful invention, and not by a captivating imagination. Too often she seems to be hectoring the reader to decipher a private cabala. Too often the magic that she calls forth arrives as commentary...