Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Deep down, though, even interns know stapling doesn't provide a wealth of cognitive exercise. When it comes time to tell resume-readers about summer experience, terminology becomes important...
...aspired to a professional boxing career before becoming an architect. He is something of a Zen zealot. He hates "automated buildings with all manner of electronic convenience." He hates posh materials. "Concrete, far cheaper than marble, can achieve a far greater spiritual sense of wealth," he says. Indeed, most of his 90 buildings are constructed of concrete. Ando is thus maintaining a tradition: large-scale modern buildings in Japan were predominantly concrete until...
...keep a close check on many U.S. companies. We could still launch another bid of more than $10 billion in the U.S." White's bankroll is seemingly inexhaustible -- but then, so are the exciting economic opportunities of America itself. With all those tempting troves of undervalued wealth in view, it is small wonder that Sir Gordon and his many foreign imitators still want...
Despite the wealth of contenders, the sighs of unrequited love are likely to linger, especially among Democrats. Dreamy scenarios will be spun about luring one of the reluctant warriors into the fray, though it is already too late for a new entry to organize for the early primaries. Those could of course transform one or two of the active dwarfs into giants. But if that does not happen, the murmurs about Nunn or Cuomo or Bradley sweeping in and brokering their way to victory could start up anew...
...hills are alive with the sound of music -- and money. The five- week festival is one of the priciest in Europe, with tickets running upwards of $200 for the major opera productions. For those who can afford it, though, Salzburg affords in return an unparalleled opportunity to display wealth and finery. On the street in front of the Festspielhaus, Mercedes-Benz and BMW luxury sedans steadily disgorge one of the most elegantly dressed summer crowds in Europe, the men in tuxedoes or formal Austrian loden coats, the bejeweled women in couturier fantasies and silk dress dirndls. One favorite local pastime...