Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gloomy long-range forecast. While it was couched in less dramatic terms, the study provided more fresh science, based largely on computer models. It warned that CO2 concentrations could double by late in the 21st century, increasing global temperatures by as much as 7°. The rich, irrigated farming areas of California and the Texas Gulf would dry out, and agriculture would shift to the north. Like the EPA findings, the 496-page document called for more research to determine how best to cope with the changing conditions. The situation, it said, requires "caution, not panic...
...Pope: the powerful archbishop's chair in Mainz. Pope Leo X, a profligate spender who needed money to build St. Peter's Basilica, granted the appointment-for 24,000 gold pieces, roughly equal to the annual imperial revenues in Germany. It was worth it. Besides being a rich source of income, the Mainz post brought Albrecht a vote for the next Holy Roman Emperor, which could be sold to the highest bidder...
With the capital created by the sale of shares, the Dunster grill expanded its line, venturing into baked goods in addition to hamburger and bagel fare. Brownies go for 75 cents and are described by one enthusiastic patron as "incredibly rich...
...most expensive costume went for $14 to a student who came to find a "pregnant nun" outfit, Johnson said. He opted instead for an elaborate Louis X VI cost made of rich brocade with lacey cuffs...
...some degree, all of this literary boasting invokes the familiar Archie Bunker syndrome. Many of Buckley's fans drive mere Mercedes instead of limos but somehow reap vicarious prestige by knowing (even if only through a book) the rich kid on the political block. "How true, Bill," they might think, "getting good limos is a problem I hope to face someday...