Word: richer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They offer substantial write-offs for the cost of labor, exploration and other "intangible drilling expenses," which often comprise 70% of the investment. If high-income investors hit a gusher, they get richer; if not, they do not lose much because a lot of their invested money would have gone for taxes anyway...
This new farmer is smarter as well as richer than the farmers of an earlier time. One man says, "It used to be that if you had a child who wasn't too bright, you'd say, 'Son, you're going to be a farmer." But things are different...
...stumbling blocks, surprisingly enough in this well-endowed university, is money. Harvard professors' salaries are by no means the highest in the country. "This place isn't the inevitable talent market it used to be--other universities are much richer and can pay more than Harvard. The City University of New York has one endowed chair of $100,000--Harvard would never offer that much," an assistant professor says. "We just can't compete financially," agrees Donald...
...essence the plan will make a lot of students poorer and a lot of parents richer over a transitional period of about 40 or 50 years," Olson said yesterday. He added that the plan could serve as a "disincentive" for students to earn higher incomes and thus pay back more of the loan each year...
...life? For my life? I do not want it to be that. Because in spite of the fact that the realness and humanness of my life seems separate now from those early dreams, the actual living of my life as an actress and as a person has been much richer, much more interesting than anything I imagined...