Word: richer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There can't be two laws, two kinds of happiness, two kinds of love. And freedom doesn't count before love. . . . You'll never be richer or freer than in divesting yourselves of your selves. If you give only half your life, the other half will be resentful and its reproaches will rob you of joy. . . . Why worry about those who consume us? The vine and the corn do not refuse themselves to the unworthy. . . . Be a sacrifice in the universal sacrifice . . . come to Love . . . Love is strong enough to save the world...
Generally, those rich in honors went on getting richer...
...more apt to be an "extravagance" of wealthier districts, where for a variety of reasons (vested tax interests, local pride, standpattism) schools are not put where they should be, or consolidated when a merger would give everybody better schooling. West Virginia generally provides better rural education than richer Illinois, say the commissioners; some of the nation's best districts (e.g., in Fayette County, Ky.) and some of the worst (e.g., in Harlan County, Ky.) are neighbors...
...richer lode will be tapped if private U.S. capital can be lured back into Mexico. Last fortnight at Monterrey, Treasury Minister Ramon Beteta urged U.S. bankers to invest in Mexican Government bonds-"as safe and secure as any in the world." The bankers listened respectfully. But U.S. capital, once grievously burned by expropriation in Mexico, still fears the heat from the Revolution's embers...
...Texans by & large are for it because 1) it has given them something new to brag about and 2) it will make them richer. They do not mind that more than 90% of the new investments have so far been made by outsiders. But Texans would not be Texans if they let that situaation alone. With their profits from oil and cattle, many of the state's well-heeled citizens are now turning into newfangled industrialists...