Word: riche
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Chicago grew rich as the Midwest's hog butcher, and has fattened as "the convention capital of the U.S." As a centrally located air, rail, and highway hub, it is perhaps the most convenient of U.S. cities. It has fleshpots and fun spots. For expositions it has the Navy Pier, Soldier Field, the International Amphitheater, and Chicago Stadium. In 1960, Chicago outdid itself by building McCormick Place, an edifice alongside Lake Michigan that ran the size of six football fields, with 486,000 square feet of space on three levels. It soon became the site...
...tastier rivalries in U.S. business involves the nation's two major wine-producing states: California and New York. California, with its sunny climate and rich soil, is far in the lead. It sells a full three-fourths of domestic wines (143 million gallons) and conducts a vast promotion campaign, currently featuring the barrel-chested baritone on horseback who peals (and pours) Gallo's praises...
...been brought together by the Cleveland Museum in its current exhibition of "Treasures from Medieval France." The 165 works on view are a splendid assemblage of illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, reliquaries, stained glass and jewelry. This panoply proves that the medieval era from A.D. 500 to A.D. 1500 was as rich as the Renaissance...
...long and have no heart for study. The reason is simple: tuition is, too high, generally beyond the ability of the average student to pay. Over the past ten years or more, the school fees of a private university have jumped nearly ten-fold! Except for the children of rich families, most students have found it exceedingly difficult to pay such a big sum for school fees. In order to make some money, they cannot help, as soon as the school bell rings to dismiss school, rushing to various hotels, restaurants, and coffee houses to fight for jobs as dish...
...They are decadent, degenerate, and morally corrupt. Many children of rich families play truant the whole day long and spend their time in clubs drinking, merry-making, and indulging in orgies of debauchery. Some of them even operate clubs themselves so that they can loaf all day long. A Harvard University student went as far as openly bringing in a group of prostitutes and running a brothel inside the school. To girl students the Harvard campus means a prohibited area to be dreaded. Unescorted girls dare not walk on it. It has been the scene of robberies, molestation...