Word: richness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...quarter of Iowa (Council Bluffs the exception) and Crestonians are proud of its up-and-comingness. Crestonman Elmo Roper of FORTUNE Survey needs take no poll to know that. And you'll hear more about Creston if Crestonman Frank Phillips is successful in his present quest for a rich oil pool beneath the famous bluegrass (and corn) fields of this area. Creston even had three daily newspapers when Crestonman Gerald P. Nye was behind this very desk...
...pushing boldly into the Balkan Peninsula, traditional spawning ground of wars, the Fascist military machine had come perilously close to clashing with the "vital interests" of the British and French Empires. Greek naval bases used by the British Navy are next door to Albania; beyond the Balkans are the rich oil fields, the coveted markets of the Near East...
...awareness, which becomes part of one's permanent equipment in dealing not only with aesthetic experience but with experience in general. Many teachers who have worked with young people during these later years will recognize that I am not describing a mythical individual. The student of today desires the rich personal satisfactions which works of art can give, but he desires something further. He feels, often unconsciously, the need for establishing, in Dewey's phrase, "the continuity of artistic experience with normal processes of living" in order that his experience of art may become a part of the equipment with...
Mopping the cold sweat off his brow, he thumbed through the enclosures. One began "Would you marry rich?", another "U.S. filled with girls who are wealthy and single," still another gave descriptions and photographs of prospective spouses. "A vivacious blue-eyed blonde of 22 in search of her ideal. 5 ft., 4 in., 118 lba., sunny nature. Has property worth $10,000.00." "A lovable 54 year old widow of means. Owns a farm and a town house, and would like to find a capable mate to help her manage her affairs...
Married. Clyde E. Pangborn, 42. pilot who in 1931 circled the globe with rich Hugh Herndon Jr., flying nonstop from Japan to the U. S. (a feat still unrepeated); and Mlle Swana Beauclaire Duval, dress designer; in Southampton, England...