Word: riches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people had reason to be cheerful. Since the middle of the 18th Century their country has been free from foreign rule (except for the Japanese occupation during World War II). The Siamese feel no smoldering resentment against any former colonial masters, are also happy because their country is comparatively rich and not overcrowded. Yet all of its cheerfulness cannot shield Siam from the crosswinds of Communist insurrection which blow across the border from Burma, Indo-China and Malaya...
Moreover, Canadian oil could not be overlooked as a big item in U.S.-Canadian defense. The joint defense planners must consider the importance of Alberta's strategically placed fields, and the possibility of their relieving the drain on other oil-rich areas in case...
...addition, iron added to the prematures' diet to prevent anemia destroys vitamin E. While practically nothing is known about the workings of vitamin E in the human body, this was a lead worth following up. The Owenses arranged to get a special preparation, d-1 alpha tocopherol acetate, rich in vitamin E, to be given in a water base...
...boss of Hopalong Cassidy Enterprises, which gets an average 5% royalty on all sales of Hopalong cowboy goods, Boyd is the latest rider in a rich new stampede. While other retail sales have slumped, cowboy clothes and gadgets have gone galloping ahead. In the first 45 days they were on the market, $1,000,000 in Hopalong Cassidy items were sold...
...June 1913, on the tenth anniversary of his wedding, Gentleman-Farmer Sidney Tate lunched on Irish stew at his club and took stock of his marriage. He was a mild-mannered New York socialite who had come to Fort Penn, Pa. to marry rich, handsome, socially top-flight Grace Caldwell and had settled down to a provincial life of quiet opulence. His survey satisfied...