Word: richest
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Conservative Catholics frowned; rank and file Protestants, reluctant to attract attention, kept silent; wealthy Jews retreated. But Father Cucchetti, flanked by Rabbi Schlesinger and Methodist Minister Adam Sosa, did not lose zeal. "The three musketeers," as supporters tagged them, worked on their congregations. The rabbi persuaded two of his richest members to finance the movement; the Protestant pastor got backing from the U.S. National Conference of Christians and Jews; the priest managed to keep stodgy superiors from getting involved...
...Right after he qualified two colts for Roosevelt Raceway's $108,565 Messenger Stake, one of harness racing's richest, Trainer-Driver Del Miller learned that he himself would be watching the race from the stands. For driving last year's Messenger winner Meadow Lands "in a manner inconsistent with an attempt to win," Miller was set down for 15 days. "As far as I'm concerned," he sulked, "I do not plan to be seen in a sulky at Roosevelt even after my suspension...
While he lived he seemed to have little more than a Sunday-supplement existence as the world's richest "mystery man," a tag arising from his genuine passion for obscurity. Death, with an assist from two biographers, now appears to be restoring Calouste Gulbenkian to the living...
Yale, the U.S.'s second richest private university (first: Harvard), announced plans to raise $140,000,000 within the next decade, then in the next breath, told of a windfall already harvested. The gift: $15 million from the Old Dominion Foundation established by Financier Paul Mellon. Yale '29. It will be used to strengthen the residential college system, add two new colleges. Architect for preliminary site and design studies: Eero Saarinen...
...Well, I tell you, I think that is, that attempt is made, that is sure, and I think that a very great deal of it goes out. But you must simply--here is one thing we must not forget: Among equals, the greatest and the richest and the strongest is bound to create some envy, and when you have any incident, therefore, that incites or brings to the surface this latent dislike or envy, well then, there is trouble...