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Word: riche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spend more and more to reach more and more people; while TV now puts office seekers in every living room, the enormous cost drains party budgets. Given most voters' financial apathy, the net result is a qualification for office unspecified in the Constitution: a candidate must now be rich or have rich friends or run the risk of making himself beholden to big contributors by accepting their big contributions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: NOW IS THE FOR ALL GOOD MEN . . . | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

...thinks that his loopholes are well knitted, and he cites Judge Learned Hand's 1934 finding: "Anyone may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the Treasury. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike, and all do right; for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands." Hayes does not believe that the law demands the exclusion of an ABC-style foundation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taxes: Foundations as Easy as ABC | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

...Pops Whiteman arrived at a sweet and golden middle road that pleased audiences everywhere-on million-seller records (Whispering), radio, TV, nightclubs and the concert stage. He took chances on new music (Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue) and new musicians (Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden), but his staple was rich, smooth orchestration that kept his foot-long baton in motion until 1961, when he retired to his Bucks County home, Coda, so named for the last few bars on a musical score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 5, 1968 | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

Strength Without Strains. More commonly, continued surpluses reflect national economies that are gaining strength without strains. Copper-rich Zambia's regular surpluses have enabled the government to improve roads, education and health facilities. The oil-producing Arab states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar amassed hefty surpluses as usual in 1967, despite some losses from the Mideast war. Instead of squandering the money on palaces, limousines and concubines, the rulers of the four Persian Gulf states today split the oil-based riches between imported consumer goods (food, clothing, shelter) for their populace, new facilities such as water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trade: Where the Surpluses Are | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

...R.P.I. that returned next to the scoreboard. When Higgins accidentally tipped in a centering pass by Rich Scammell...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Skaters Stay in Slump With 7-2 Loss to RP1 | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

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