Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hard-riding legation set one day in 1931 by climbing on a Mongolian pony and playing a fast game of polo. As U. S. Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Forbes displayed no less aplomb at his diplomatic tasks in Tokyo during the strained days of the Manchurian crisis. His wealth, tact and toughness won him such respect among the Japanese that at a farewell banquet before his return to the U. S. the president of the House of Peers declared him "a worthy compeer of George Washington...
...this century the solitude of which Emerson spoke is still within our sight. For all who are caught in the web of twentieth century civilization, one escape is clear and it is no retreat. We may commune with the sages of the past, we may share the accumulated spiritual wealth of humanity. By the daily "renewing of our minds" we may hope for that "newness of our understanding" which will assure us eventually the real liberty of an independent soul...
Quite apart from these external matters the canvas contains within itself a wealth of interest in color and design and painter's craftsmanship. The yellowish pink of the coat, subtly blended, carries enough red to harmonize with the man's ruddy face and brown hair. The white of the neck-cloth, dotted with red, arbitrates between...
What remained true was that, from a political standpoint, 150 rich men could do much to make the country forget Nine Old Men. Politicians calculated that with the Wages & Hours bill which he proposed fortnight ago, plus a red-hot new hunt for malefactors of great wealth, the President might recover some of the popularity he had lost on the Supreme Court issue...
...rest of his wealth, including his estates, was transferred to his heirs, principally John D. Jr. At the time of death John D. Rockefeller was probably worth only a few million...