Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that in the previous twelve months world population climbed 82.1 million, the largest gain in the history of this weary globe. In the view of Lester Brown of Worldwatch Institute, which monitors global stress, population is the most awesome problem. Masses of people shouldering each other for food, space, wealth and dignity are at the root of most wars. Nothing was said about this down on the Mall...
...doubt, other factors prompting Tower's retirement. With voter sentiment in Texas becoming ever more Democratic, he may not have relished the looming hard campaign. He greatly resented Senators, many of them independently wealthy, who voted to limit the outside income of members. Tower has no personal wealth...
...Search of Excellence, Peters and Waterman (1) 2. The One Minute Manager, Blanchard and Johnson (2) 3. Megatrends, Naisbitt (4) 4. Creating Wealth, Allen (3) 5. Out on a Limb, MacLaine (5) 6. Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do!, Schuller 1. Seeds of Greatness, Waitley (8) 8. Nothing Down, Allen (9) 9. Working Out, Hix (10) 10. Growing Up, Baker
Brunei has long resembled the proverbial child in a candy store, both buoyed and bewildered by the wealth of its options. For almost a century the nation has enjoyed the paternal guidance of Britain; meanwhile, its improbable combination of huge oil revenues and a population (209,000) smaller than that of Corpus Christi, Texas, has blessed the average citizen with a whopping annual income of $20,000. Soon a spanking new 2,200-room palace will join the gleaming glass towers that grace the once sleepy capital of Bandar Seri Begawan; even in the heart of the jungle, every wooden...
...wealth created by the upward push in the price of stocks dwarfed the figures from any bull market since records started being kept. In all, according to the authoritative Wilshire index, some 5,000 stocks had produced $660 billion in paper profits by last week, down somewhat from the $700 billion or so in June when stocks were at their highest. If the total seems breathtaking, it must be measured against the fact that a decade and more of inflation had so seriously eroded stock values that for many investors, the bull market's gains enabled them...