Word: richer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What can we do to make the country richer...
...least profitable industry in the most populous part of the nation. The eleven-member Interstate Commerce Commission approved unanimously the coupling of the two biggest railroads in the eastern U.S., the Pennsylvania and the New York Central. The ICC at the same time stalled the merger trend among the richer railroads of the U.S. West. In a surprising and bitterly dissented 6-5 decision, it vetoed-at least for now-a union of the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy...
...burst out of their gilded but confining cages. Wearied by the iron regimen and routine of orchestra life, front-rank instrumentalists have defected by the dozens to the concert circuit and university faculties. Money is not the issue. They are not looking for bigger paychecks; they want a richer musical life. How to satisfy this craving is one of the principal problems facing today's big orchestras...
...contrast are the vegetarian and assorted rebellious Haitians. These people do have a purpose in life, and I guess we are supposed to notice how much richer their lives are even though their projects fail. But this obvious meaning sticks in our throats. Greene has so infused his narrator's personality with ennui and detachment that we cannot imagine his caring about anything under any circumstances, with any upbringing. And the people who are committed are all such pitiful, blundering fools that we almost prefer the narrator to them. Perhaps their lives have more meaning, but when forced to compare...
...coronary occlusion, the climax of years of heart disease. His condition could not have been helped by his long-run performance as a public scold and Malaprop, whose every appearance was good for scatology and demonology, cracks and castigations, all delivered in a beery Kerry brogue that grew richer year by year. He walked with a limp that he attributed to an English bullet-actually, it was caused by a congenital hip condition later corrected by an operation- and called himself an "elder statesman among public monsters." Mike bluffed so often about striking the city, twinkled so brightly on television...