Word: riche
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...McNamara's much-ballyhooed computer efficiency and the extraordinary attention he gave to his department, he also influenced the operations of the entire Executive branch more than any of this predecessors. He spearheaded President Kennedy's drive for the 1963 nuclear test-ban treaty, decried the refusal of the rich nations to expedite the development of the poor ones, and was a behind-the-scenes force in federal civil rights and poverty planning. In short, he felt that American defense consisted of more than nuclear hardware, and American prosperity more than a high growth rate and stable price index...
...specter of accelerating restrictions on capital flow and along with it those notorious handmaidens of capital control: tariff walls, trade wars and isolationist trade blocs. While these projected consequences have unpleasant economic results, the political reverberations could be awesome. We are marching steadily toward a dangerous confrontation between the rich and poor nations of this small planet. Together, the U.S. and Europe can avert tragedy. But without the cohesion of the Atlantic region, the peace and prosperity-indeed the ultimate survival-of mankind could be in dire jeopardy. We are approaching a crossroads of profound importance...
...Best of them all, says Simon, was Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. Others may have been more creative, hard-driving or distinctive, but, all around, Dorsey's band "could do more things better than any other." At one time or another, it featured such talents as Drummer Buddy Rich and Trumpeter Bunny Berigan, Singers Frank Sinatra and Jo Stafford, Arrangers Paul Weston and Sy Oliver-and, always, the warm, silken trombone of T.D. himself, from whom Sinatra learned most of what he knows about breathing and phrasing...
Dorsey raided other bands so mercilessly that one rival, Joe Marsala, wired him: "How about giving me a job in your band so I can play with mine?" Egos clashed within the ranks-Drummer Rich jealously shattered Sinatra's romantic numbers with noisy rim shots until Sinatra exploded and tossed a full water pitcher at him. The touchiest ego of all belonged to the quick-tempered, perfectionist leader. Arrogant, yet gregarious, shrewd at finance, yet at times childlike and yearning for a less complicated life, Dorsey was one of the most powerful and enigmatic personalities...
...hero of The Vale of Laughter, has his own way of saying it: "Well, a man's got to believe something, and I believe I'll have another drink." Joe is the sort who, for the sake of a gag and to be included in a rich uncle's will, names his son Hamilton. And to prove that the block is still for chipping, young Ham Sandwich at eight names a honky-tonk for the middle-aged "The Slipped Discotheque...