Word: richness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most African nations have achieved their independence only to find themselves too broke to enjoy it. Not Zambia, the copper-rich state that changed its name from Northern Rhodesia at independence ceremonies last year. Riding a world copper boom that has brought $400 million into the country in the past year alone, President Kenneth Kaunda is in the enviable position of having more money than can be spent...
...first time in 100 years. The law specified that games played must not have odds favoring the house. So, paying at least lip service to the rule, the bank at roulette and craps and the deal at blackjack are offered to players (although in practice, few individuals feel rich enough to play against the whole table). The clubs, instead of taking a cut of winnings, charge membership fees that range from $1.40 to $115 (depending on how "exclusive" the club), and playing fees collected before a game begins. A single "shoe" at Chemin de Fer or Baccarat, for instance, costs...
...Americans like the idea of London, with its big, swanky clubs with ancient gaming names like Crockford's, which first cut a deck in 1824. "We are looking for an elegance that does not exist in the States," explained one. "Here bookmakers are rich, respected men. In the States, they are gangsters." Agreed the doctor from Atlanta: "They're better mannered about it, more cultured and genteel-like, but they're really no different from Vegas. The aim of the game is still to bleed you as quickly as they can without actually spilling...
...treaty with the U.S. to make Japan Air Lines the third foreign line (after Australia's Qantas and Britain's BOAC) to fly coast to coast across the U.S. to New York. The reason is obvious: Japan Air Lines could then begin to tap the rich transatlantic market. Japan wants to be able to fly into New York both over the Great Circle route and via the West Coast...
Neither does Joe. The poor scared creature lives a life of adolescent fantasy. "In his thoughts he went walking down Park Avenue. Rich ladies looking out their windows swooned to see a cowboy there. A butler tapped him on the shoulder, an elevator whirred him up to a penthouse, a golden door opened into a large apartment carpeted from wall to wall with soft brown fur. Madame was wearing scanties covered by a sheer black negligee. Quivering with desire, she threw herself onto the soft floor. He took her. The butler handed him a signed check on which the amount...