Word: richest
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Over the past two weeks, of course, pro football was not at its best. Nine- tenths of the regular players remained on strike for a principle -- free agency, or possibly a larger dignity -- while the richest few soldiered on in ! the interest of their annuities. Playing rough this time, the owners filled out their rosters with the ready surplus of football majors still nursing old college dreams on loading docks and in convenience stores. (How many of them there are standing by!) Included were a prisoner or two, along with a couple of prison guards for competitive balance, but only...
...South End residents, who live adjacent to the South Cove, protested. Sen. Bolger, who will represent the South End after redistricting, single-handedly killed the incinerator. Bolger then recommended that it be placed in Weston. Many people think this is a bad joke, since Weston, one of the richest towns in the state, rejected a similar incinerator back in the late 1970s...
...Soviet pact spotlighted Iran's strategic importance. One of the world's leading oil producers, Iran (pop. 50 million) has more people than all the other gulf states combined and geographically dominates the richest petroleum- producing region on earth. The country is a vast land bridge between the gulf and the Soviets on the north, the Turks on the west, and the Asian nations of Afghanistan and Pakistan on the east. Washington rightfully views any increase in Soviet influence in Iran as worrisome indeed...
When trying to solicit funds, student organizations at the richest university in the land often hear expressions of protest from potential givers: "Why are you asking me for money? You guys are rich," or "I gave to Harvard already...
...Brenda Frazier was not the richest or the most beautiful girl in '30s America, she came close enough. She was the glittering symbol of privilege and glamour; her picture made the cover of LIFE; women imitated her Kabuki-like look, with a complexion evoking Colette's description of "milk in shadow." Brenda was seen with notables from Errol Flynn to Cardinal Spellman to Irving Berlin. But obscurity overtook her, and in later years she viewed her life as a cosmic joke: she had become one of the most famous people in the nation simply because of a debutante party...