Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would have been equally as opportunistic for DuPont to lambast Jackson with the usual rhetoric--calling him a leftist liberal, soft on communism and high on taxes. And he could have called Jackson a proponent of massive government handouts to redistribute the nation's wealth. He would have received quite a bit of applause from his eagerbeaver conservative audience...
...stunning trove of artifacts offered scientists a wealth of new information about the Moche civilization. A resourceful people of artisans, warriors and farmers who had no written language, the Moche dominated Peru's northern coast from A.D. 250 to 750, some 700 years before the Incas. Using an ingenious system of irrigation canals and channels, they flourished in the arid strip of land between the Andes and the Pacific, at one point reaching a population of more than 50,000, but seem to have vanished abruptly...
Dukakis' plan will eliminate the need for such decisions. To borrow from Jesse Jackson, it places public health above private wealth...
...about U.S. athletes begins with genetic theories worthy of Jimmy the Greek. Says Point Guard Olga Burakin of the Soviet women's basketball team: "American teams are so competitive because they have blacks, who are inherently more capable, whereas whites are not nearly so skillful." Then it centers on wealth: the presumed abundance of facilities at thousands of high schools and colleges...
...richest. But if officials give into the temptation to sell bits and pieces to the highest bidder, how can the University maintain any institutional independence and ethical integrity? And how can Harvard preserve its newfound status as an institution based on merit and no longer just status and wealth...