Word: uplifter
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...caught dead reading the novels of Horatio Alger, two current writers are quite proud that they are fans. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary William Simon and Political Commentator Irving Kristol believe the trouble with conservatives is that they do not read Alger and subscribe to his values of uplift through hard work, diligence, self-reliance and probity. This disinterment of an author whom liberals thought they had buried is another illustration of a certain sprightliness in conservative thought these days. If conservatives are not advancing bold new ideas, they are recycling old ones with considerable inventiveness...
Whatever the cause of the perplexing uplift around Palmdale, scientists have plenty to study in the region. Though the bulge has been rising in most areas, it fell almost 15 cm. (6 in.) in at least one section between Palmdale and Pasadena from 1974 to 1976, a phenomenon that baffles experts. In addition, scientists are disturbed by a flurry of minor tremors, measuring up to 3 on the Richter scale, that have occurred along the fault southeast of Palmdale, since November 1976. Says Don L. Anderson, director of Caltech's seismological laboratory: "Until these recent swarms there has been...
...taxexempt, nonprofit organization has 883 adults and 300 children living in luxury on two ranches in the Sierra foothills, beach-front property in Santa Monica and Tomales Bay and in a converted San Francisco paint factory. Most members pay a minimum $400 a month for room, board and uplift, but some contribute much more. One woman has donated more than $1 million. Synanon's assets, including ten aircraft and 400 cars, trucks and motorcycles, total almost $30 million. Its advertising and specialty-gifts business netted $2.4 million last year; donations and other income amounted to another $5.5 million. Dederich...
...chill fog swirled around the Bay Area, these officials let off steam by calling for a more comprehensive?and costly ?federal policy to uplift the cities and fight urban unemployment. They emphasized the stickiness of that problem, shown by the fact that unemployment last month slipped only fractionally, from 7% to 6.9%, although the number of Americans at work soared...
...Knutti is not applying any show-business touches to the cult of the cloth. He vetoed all proposals for concession stands and bumper stickers. "Whatever it is, it's good and people have gotten a tremendous spiritual uplift from it," he says. "I want to share it but I don't want it to become a side show...