Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...funding from foundations that have also given money to dozens of highly conservative political organizations. Rather than being viewed as "The Little Institute Facing Goliath," the matter might more appropriately be described as church leadership struggling against the Goliath-like alliance of America's corporate and private wealth...
PORTRAYING the familial background of her characters also forces Alexander to generalize in cliches, giving her some difficulty. Detail is her forte; generalizations do not always survive mass cliches. The author gives excellent treatment to Tarnower's complex anti-Semitism. Alexander grounds her conclusions in a wealth of quotations. But attributing Harris's tragic end to the emotional frustration of "ladies of a particular northern upper-class WASP variety" becomes a kind of shorthand which hinders us from understanding Jean Harris's personality...
...changes generally appear to be popular and effective. Farm output has increased by one-third in just five years, and officials claim that rural productivity has risen 50% in some places. But sudden wealth can bring problems. In Hubei province, a peasant who had earned $54,000 from a fresh-water fish farm was harassed by his neighbors, who stole four of his pigs, part of the cash and 50 tons of construction materials. Admonished the People's Daily: "Rich peasants should be advised to keep their money in banks rather than in their houses...
...back graciously from the street, the home of the Harvard Club of Boston is a stately white stone building that dominates the corner of Common-wealth and Massachusetts Avenues. Two flags snapping crisply in the spring breeze are the only movement noticeable from the outside...
Annenberg's wealth does not seem entirely inconsequential to his unusual relationship with the Queen. In his 5½ years as ambassador, he contributed lavishly to favored royal causes like the restoration of St. Paul's Cathedral. He also published, and sold at cost, a luxurious volume on Westminster Abbey...