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Word: riche (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...honor the memory of rich white Harvard boys whose slaves were poor white immigrants from Ireland, Italy, and Eastern Europe. We bestow greatness upon a region that also slaughtered Indians, abused ethnic minorities--white and black--and persecuted non-Protestants...

Author: By Frank E. Lockwood, | Title: A Hall Divided | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

...mess," Harvard's Rich Renninger said. "They were just hitting the balls in the gaps...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Batsmen Get Socked in Spring Break Contests | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

...Republic saw it in 1942, Washington was a "combination of Moscow . . . Paris . . . Wichita . . . and Hell." In this rich anecdotal history, David Brinkley spends much of his time in the precincts of purgatory. The veteran commentator was a young reporter when the capital began to mobilize. "Was it conceivable," he wondered, "that the leadership of the Western world in wartime could fall to a city only a few generations out of the mud? A city that still boasted 15,000 privies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Historic Roles WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

...remark applies both to the Milagrans and to the rich Anglos nearby who have plans to turn the area into a resort, complete with ski lodge, golf course, condominiums and a man-made lake. The developers are not interested in the resort's effect on Milagro's ecology and psychology. They are interested in Joe Mondragon (Chick Vennera) though. On a caprice, Joe has irrigated his parched beanfield with water destined for the resort, and now the land barons are flexed to strike back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Old Magic in New Mexico THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

...first of the newcomer flock arrived in 1985 with European Travel & Life, an album of life-styles of the rich and shameless now owned by Rupert Murdoch. Writers scout the perfect half-timbered inns of Normandy, poke into isolated Sardinian coves, or try for par on a Scottish golf course. Most issues include pictures of food you can smell off the page. "We take you to places you wouldn't see," explains Editor in Chief David Breul, "and introduce you to people you wouldn't meet." There seems to be no shortage of vicarious voyagers: circulation has risen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Telling Readers Where to Go | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

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