Word: riche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many a university professor daydreams about someday casting aside his footnotes and writing a splashy novel that will sell zillions of copies and make him rich. Umberto Eco, 57, a bearded and bespectacled professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, fulfilled exactly that daydream eight years ago, when he concocted his mega-macro-medieval-mystery hit The Name of the Rose. He wrote part of the best seller in a 50-room country retreat near Urbino that he bought and restored himself and where he spends his leisure hours expanding his 40,000-volume collection of antique books...
...Craig Taucher 13 2 7 9 1 2 Scott McCormack 15 1 7 8 3 6 Brian McCormack 23 0 7 7 8 16 Josh Caplan 25 0 6 6 8 16 Kevin Sneddon 24 0 5 5 8 16 Brian Popiel 11 0 3 3 1 2 Rich DeFreitas 5 0 2 2 3 6 Scott Farden 4 0 2 2 1 2 Timmy Burke 2 1 0 1 1 2 Chuckie Hughes 13 0 1 1 1 1 Allain Roy 12 0 1 1 1 2 Totals 26 152 266 418 214479 Opponents...
...This is not a university that can or should berun by the rich and famous," Wood said. "It shouldbe run by a varied blend of loyal people with astrong commitment to Harvard...
...give me a penny for every save I made," Joslin says. "I was getting really rich...
...tropical Pacific's El Nino and the North American jet stream will keep behaving, so that eventually rainstorms will be lured up from the Gulf to drench the croplands. Kentucky and Tennessee last week got a bit of that action. But many more downpours are needed. Iowa's rich loam has only a third of the usual subsoil moisture. Hydrologists have warned New York that if reservoirs do not fill soon, the city could have water shortages this summer. With California reservoirs at 42% capacity, farmers are being told to expect only 60% of their water needs, and even less...