Word: riches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tighter Space. "We are a rich nation," Johnson emphasized, "and can afford to make progress at home while meeting obligations abroad." Nonetheless, he conceded, "the rate of advance in the new programs has been held below what might have been." While non-military spending will total $52.3 billion, an increase of $2.5 billion, the war on poverty was allotted only $1.6 billion instead of the hoped-for $2.5 billion. Federal spending outside the war, Great Society programs, and interest on the national debt will be trimmed by $2.3 billion. One notable victim is the space program, which will receive...
There was one student at Yale who was even dumber than Cavett - a rich alumnus' son named Clarence. On a final exam, a multiple-choice question was posed...
...climb-to as much as 6¼% in San Francisco, Houston, Cincinnati and elsewhere-and are likely to rise a bit more. Hardest hit will be the Southeast, the Southwest and the Far West, which have to import much of their mortgage money from the cities of the capital-rich Northeast...
...prospect of dealing with the oil-rich Middle East brings visions of a thousand and one kinds of profit to many a Western businessman. In reality, the visions often become vicissitudes. Take, for example, the case of the jet planes and the apples...
...showdown" has come in a violent manner, precipitated by men who have grown tired of the broken promises of the politicians. The Sardauna and Sir Abubakar have been murdered, as has their ally, Chief Samuel Akintola, Premier of the West, and their friend Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, the incredibly rich Federal Finance Minister who held the key to the balance of power in the Midwestern Region. Only the Ibo East has not lost a major leader...