Word: richer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...potential force for helping regenerate old-fashioned values in America, the Evangelical movement stands in an equivocal position. It is large but not organized, and often fragmented by arguments over matters like the "inerrancy" of the Bible. But the movement is now richer and more powerful than it has been in half a century. Men like Billionaire Nelson Bunker Hunt, Presbyterian son of H.L. Hunt, are prepared to help it. Hunt is head of Bill Bright's international executive committee, and considers the stupendous goal of raising $1 billion "absolutely realistic." Bright's overall chairman, Baptist Wallace Johnson (the "praying...
...pickers themselves are feeling anything but harassed now that the harvest season is coming to an end. As they bring in the last of the crop, each can count on being about $1,500 richer. In the barracks at the Bolton orchards, the Jamaicans celebrate the end of the harvest by passing around a bottle of blackberry brandy, a favorite that they break out only on rare occasions. Vernon Spaulding, 44, is looking forward to moving south. But he won't get home to Paredon, Jamaica, where he raises goats, until next March. This year, as he has done...
...blockbuster?it lacks the simplicity of effect that characterizes most alltime box office champs?it will certainly be a big enough hit to keep Columbia's stockholders happy. More important, Close Encounters offers proof, if any were needed, that Spielberg's reputation is no accident. His new movie is richer and more ambitious than Jaws, and it reaches the viewer at a far more profound level than Star Wars. The film is not perfect, but, like Stanley Kubrick's similar (if far chillier) 2001: A Space Odyssey, it uses science fiction thrills to seduce the audience into looking...
Peter Dobereiner, in recounting Crosby's exploit, wrote: "Stepping onto that tee, with the ocean crashing against the rocks below and the sea lions honking derision, the golfer is a tumult of emotions. Fear, awe, admiration and indecision fight for supremacy...Nowhere is he offered the chance of a richer prize or a more enormous failure. It is quite possible to stand on that tee and hit ball after ball into the Pacific and many a man has done so. On the other hand, Bing Crosby can look back and reflect that his life has not been in vain, even...
...Zahrani, twelve miles north of the Litani River. There a large color poster of President Hafez Assad beams down at the red-bereted paratroopers. South of the checkpoint the road is deserted. The fields are desolate, showing no sign of care or life. Even the crows have flown to richer lands...