Word: riche
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theory of an urban "power elite"--composed of the rich and well-born--that make most of the important urban political decisions, Lane said this model was a bit oversimplified and suggested that in many cities there appeared to be several "elites," each concerned with a different aspect of government...
...Federation, in which the black-dominated protectorate was bound awkwardly to equally black Nyasaland and white-ruled Southern Rhodesia. Last year, after Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland demanded independence, London reluctantly cut the ties among the three. Nyasaland is to gain independence in July, but is poor in resources and rich in unemployment. Southern Rhodesia is rent with racial strife because it refuses to grant equal representation to blacks, has received no independence date. Of the trio, Northern Rhodesia's future looks by far the brightest...
...Rich Crop. By last week, all of next year's clerks were known-18 of them, since Justice Douglas uses only one, plus a 19th for retired Justices Reed and Burton. Harvard's six clerks made up the lion's share-followed by Yale and Pennsylvania with three, Virginia and Stanford with two, Texas, Columbia and North Carolina with one. Seldom had the court had a richer crop. Samples...
Lister's Dream. Protection against infection is especially important for burn patients because their wounds are large and the dead tissue is a rich soil for bacteria. It is no less important for transplant patients and for many others on high doses of cortisone-type drugs, whose resistance to infection is reduced...
...using against inflation. Already this year, the central banks of Britain, West Germany and Switzerland have increased rates; last week delegates in Vienna predicted further boosts before long by Britain, Italy and The Netherlands. Europe's high and rising rates tempt many big bank depositors-including some oil-rich Middle Eastern sheiks and Latin American strongmen-to shift their funds from the U.S. to Europe. Though U.S. Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon reported that "U.S. international payments so far this year have been in approximate balance," he expects the U.S. to do less well as the year goes on, particularly...