Word: prosperous
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Once a Hudson River whaling port and a headquarters for George Washington's colonial army, steep-sloping, tree-shaded Newburgh (pop. 31,000) has long been a shopping center for the green and pleasant fruit farms that prosper in the rolling hills of Orange County. Since World War II, most of the farms have been serviced by migrant workers, mostly Negroes from the Deep South, who drift from harvest to harvest during the long summer. Inevitably, many migrants have settled in Newburgh; since 1950 the number of Negro residents has risen 151%, even though the city's overall...
...than 90% of the population are nomads or farmers, Daoud and his oligarchy are well aware that they must keep ahead of the growing demand for social development if they are to survive. "If development is slow, poverty itself is a hotbed where Communism or socialism might grow and prosper," says Daoud. Thus, in a curious process of reasoning, Daoud's aristocrats are willing to accept Russian aid to save themselves from Communism. "They have concluded that it is just as dangerous to themselves to let this country sit still as it is to mortgage themselves to Russia," explains...
...contours of U.S. history as seen by Williams: from colonial days on, the American experience has been determined, broadly, by good guys and greedy guys. The good ones, notably John Adams, James Madison and John Calhoun, sought to establish a "corporate Christian commonwealth," in which all could prosper while restraining the greed of the few. Unfortunately, even the good guys were not willing to give up private property...
...outdoor pastime, with ferocity, assuming a stance that reminded Woollcott of "a morning-glory vine climbing a pole." He was one of the deadliest pot rakers of the most famous seated gathering since King Arthur's, the Thanatopsis Literary and Inside Straight Club; and when he failed to prosper, he beleaguered Heywood Broun, Harpo Marx, Herbert Bayard Swope and the rest with puns: "I fold my tens and silently steal away," or, apropos of nothing important, "One man's Mede is another man's Persian...
...true for the boss." What the customer gets is good entertainment. Also, according to Hefner, he gets status-merely by being there. "Few status symbols are left in the world," he says. "Sure, these are material things, but awfully fundamental, and the sort of things that made this country prosper." Common Stock. Hefner, at any rate, has prospered. A Chicago accountant's son, he is a graduate of the University of Illinois, did free-lance cartooning and whetted his appetites on Esquire's staff before starting Playboy (now worth more than $10 million) with roughly 10,000 borrowed...