Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...easiest way to get public domain software is to copy it from friends. But, for those with few software-rich friends, the Happy Hacker can provide a basic lesson in where and how to obtain free software...
Conner is not a rich man, though. Furthermore, he says he does not like to sail. As a matter of fact, he cannot swim. ("I spend all of my time trying to stay out of the water.") No more enigmatic character presides over any sport. At the top of his game, Conner can eat with Nicklaus, drink with Namath, offend with McEnroe, spend with Marcos and lose with Napoleon. With a straight face, as brown...
...calibrated on his shoulder blades. Tiny fractions of speed are visible to him on the sails. Like a fastidious haberdasher, he is constantly pinching and reshaping the fabric. In his salt-stung eyes, which now and then send him tearing off to Perth doctors, the ocean appears multicolored, rich in textures, contours and clues. Some believe he can see past the horizon, even into his opponent's cockpit. Why he tacks on the next wave instead of this one is a mystery...
...report and reflect on it. This requires a strong ego, the kind Rosenthal developed with his power as an editor. Ego seems to have come almost from birth to two columnists conspicuous for it, William F. Buckley and George F. Will. Buckley is the beneficiary of an oil-rich upbringing and a thorough grounding in Roman Catholic thought. Will's father was a college professor, and George was presumably encouraged to air his youthful opinions at the dinner table. After all, a columnist is expected to be wise on short notice, and is tempted to make judgments that are quick...
...hunger and despair. The Third World's starving millions are truly the wretched of the earth, and in recent years the affluent West has lavished billions of dollars in efforts to feed them. Yet famine relief is a very small part of the roughly $1 trillion in aid that rich nations have given poor ones since World War II in the largest voluntary transfer of wealth in human history. Throughout the world today, thousands of public and private organizations are spending some $35 billion a year to promote development and erase poverty. Groups offering assistance range from behemoths like...