Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Eighty-six years after his death, the name of Horatio Alger Jr. still conjures up unlikely memories of improbable dreams. In more than 100 of Alger's books for young readers, upstanding, hardwork- ing poor boys reached sudden and unexpected success by saving rich benefactors from terrible fates. But it turns out that Alger had a dream of his own -- to appeal to grownups. This July the Shoe String Press will publish for the first time Alger's Mabel Parker; or, The Hidden Treasure, a story of true love triumphing over mere monetary pursuits. Now in the archives at Syracuse...
Bullion extracted from Swiss banks would pay to remake the Dry Tortugas. Pastel villas for the Big Boys. A grand hotel for their rich friends. The bar would offer drinks like "the Caligula" or "the Vlad the Impaler." Imelda Marcos and Michelle Duvalier could meet by the pool for a "Lady Macbeth." The Big Boys could swagger around and try to seduce one another's wives. Steam baths, massages, the camaraderie of the locker room. They could shoot pigeons and get drunk, and now and then they could pretend to have one of their flunkies taken out and shot...
Julian provides an experience of theatre & spirituality characterized by an unique quality of depth and entertainment. It introduces us to a 14th century historical figure rich in mysticism and human warmth whose feminine approach to God shows her to be a pioneer of several contemporary spiritual movements...
...spectacular scandalsheet: The towing log. Within two hours there had been three extortions committed by John Harvard and his accomplice at 67 Winthrop Street, and 90 percent of Phil's pickups occurred on that very road. At fifty bucks per whack, some one or ones are getting rich mighty quick...
...teeth with rosaries and flowers, / massing in front of tanks, and the tanks stopping, and some of the soldiers who were the enemy embracing the people and their flowers. Call that a revolution? Where were the heads stuck on pikes? Where were the torches for the estates of the rich? The rich were in the streets with the poor, a whole country up in flowers. In a short string of remarkable days a crooked election was held and exposed; a dignified woman established her stature and leadership; a despot ranted, sweated, fled; a palace changed guard--all with a minimum...