Word: wealth
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...Shamie] is a son of immigrants; he was not born to wealth and privilege," Reagan said in an apparent slap at Kerry, a graduate of Exeter Academy and Yale University with Brahmin roots...
Nonetheless, the work has produced a wealth of biological insight. One is the idea that one oncagene, by means of a single protein product, can cause a cell to become cancerous...
Besides being one of the most frequently quoted astronomers, Marsden has accumulated a wealth of interesting, on the job experiences...
...deepest interest remains organizing numbers. Says Terence Barker, Stone's successor as head of the Cambridge Growth Project, which has developed a model of the British economy: "He is passionately enthusiastic about economic statistics. All his professional life has been devoted to the measurement of income and wealth, and he is very keen on getting it systematized." Adds George Jaszi, director of the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis: "There is a tremendous sense of system to his work, and also tremendous elegance. He was and is a giant...
Under Reagan's policies, between 1980 and this year, the share of U.S. disposable family income held by the poorest fifth of America's population declined from 6.8 percent to 6.1 percent. The richest fifth's share of the wealth rose from 37 percent to 38.9 percent. The only attributes besides incompetence which can be recommended to Reagan as an economist are cruelty and unfairness, and the "I got mine" attitude his tax cuts have engendered among the population...