Word: riche
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that is no concern of ours. There are many Arab millionaires made rich by oil, or by representing Western companies. It is not right that they should be rich while we are both poor and homeless. They are indirectly the agents of the U.S., which aids Israel. I know blowing up the tap-line hurts Saudi Arabia. But, Saudi Arabia is a reactionary regime, and it sells its oil to those who support Israel. It is too bad for Saudi Arabia that she may suffer. Our main aim remains American interests...
Some critics of American orchestral life contend that the real trouble is that the symphony has been for too long a plaything of the wealthy. Even though symphony-going is not dominated by the rich to the extent that it was 40 years ago, it is still a formal experience that most turned-on youth regard as static, outmoded and irrelevant. As the conservative, 19th century-oriented programming of most orchestras proves, the institutions are trapped into patterns of pleasing the wealthy patrons who support them-and by and large, the patrons like Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. This does...
...WHOM TO LET IN. Public ownership of the exchange's member firms is the prospective change with the greatest long-range potential for reshaping the structure of Wall Street. The need is clear. Despite the rich commissions, member firms lack capital for long-term needs such as back-office automation, and several recently had trouble complying with an exchange rule that capital must equal at least 5% of debts. They must now rely on internal growth and borrowings...
...been a more immediate task at hand. And yet, after an easy rout of Brown, here they were. A Cinderella team facing the might Eli. Somehow it was impossible, and in the euphoric week before The Game people seemed to float from place to place. Harvard sophomores got rich with tickets going for $200 each. The pundits were almost too numb to write about the biggest college game in decades. The old grads were in the finest hour...
...school board needs money, Calkins finds the federal law that will let him get the money. If the suburban schools are too rich, he changes the tax law to send more money to the inner city. If there are too few teachers, he sets up a corps of teacher-auxiliaries. If all these plans cost money, he tells businessmen why the money is a good investment...