Word: riche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does Harvard really want to further the climate of antagonism and distrust that rules contemporary sweatshop debates? This would be the result of a policy that reveals factories to independent organizations, yet bars them from the decision-making process. Harvard, as a rich, non-profit institution, can afford to take a chance on an idea that puts the lauded "openness" of our global economy to work for those who are still waiting to see its benefits...
Each speaker said international cooperation in exploiting the new oil reserves is key to the future security and prosperity of the oil-rich but politically tense Caspian Sea region...
...nutritional guidelines emphasizing a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, like the food pyramid, have been around for years...
...apologist. Clark, we're told, is restlessly obsessed with finding the next new thing--which is, apparently, a good quality. But another interpretation might be that Clark is simply driven by the pursuit of filthy lucre. There has to be a higher purpose to life than making yourself rich. During the '80s, we knew that the people making their fortune on Wall Street were hardly role models; yuppie was a derogatory term. Clark, for all his brilliance, uses his billions to do little more than buy himself great toys; he's even cynical about the get-rich-quick Net companies...
...that causes him to worry." Now his friends worry his parents. He seldom introduces them to his friends, many of whom are white and come from affluent families. "He thinks we're country bumpkins," says Bobby Sr. "This young man lives in a fantasy world. He wants to be rich...