Word: rich
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...creators of The Fantasticks, is a charmer for sophisticates who have never quite forsaken the magic realm of childhood. Potemkin, a master of ceremonies winningly played by Keith Charles, presides over a land of enchantment peopled by a handsome blond Orphan, a crestfallen Angel, a bored and impotent Mr. Rich, and a group of Revelers. With a straight melodic line and the apt lyrics of the songs, the play is one of those good things that come in small packages...
...raid by National General on the cash-rich treasury of Great American? That is how it looked, and the superintendent of the New York State insurance department promptly opened an inquiry into Great American's future ability to underwrite. Since insurance is a regulated industry, the state can exert considerable pressure and even liquidate a company as a last resort...
...home because he was "a bit flighty." His first job was burgling. From that he graduated to ice cream salesman, crane driver, and 45 other different jobs (by his count). He now has seven children and is married to the mother of two of them. "When I'm rich enough," he says, "I hope to get all my kids and their mothers into one house with my wife and me and our kids, and we shall all live together. My wife won't mind. I have a knack for persuading people to do what I want them...
...pleasure," as they confessed, sanctified by omens before and prayers afterward. Thug son succeeded Thug father in the family business as a matter of course. But even after as many as eleven generations had accumulated fortunes, Thugs and scions of Thugs went on doing their thing. Shrewd appraisers of rich victims, they carefully scouted out their targets. But they had no objection to the impromptu murder of a party of four-for as little as 20 gold pieces and a handful of rupees. Whatever drove the Thugs-probably a mixture of greed, blood lust and corrupted religious fervor-their energy...
...Revolution is scholarly, engrossing and highly sympathetic to Zapata. A Harvard professor of Latin American history, Womack, 31, clearly shows that Zapata's fidelity and incorruptibility were deeply rooted in the bitter struggle of Morelos farmers to guard their land titles and water rights. Their enemies were the rich landowners constantly seeking to add acreage to their already vast haciendas...