Word: wealthiest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Several other countries rose on petropower. Oil made Nigeria not only black Africa's wealthiest nation ($9.2 billion in earnings) but unquestionably its strongest political force. Indonesia, though still abysmally poor, is showing the first glimmerings of its potential as Southeast Asia's economic leader, thanks to oil exports...
They succeeded in throwing the economics of the Western world out of gear; they made their countries the wealthiest on earth; they immensely increased (at Rabat) the threat of war in the Middle East...
...justice-every American paying his fair share-by closing loopholes the wealthiest use to avoid their share...
...good time, check in at 11 Harrow House. That is the London address -so this movie says-of the wealthiest, stuffiest and best-guarded diamond exchange in the world. Needless to say, such an institution is likely to cause a certain amount of envy and resentment among those forced to do business with it. Among them you can number a smalltime diamond dealer (Charles Grodin), who is always being put down for violating its dress code or smoking in the waiting room, and a power-crazed tycoon (Trevor Howard) who wants to crack the vaults just for the hell...
...intervention in Chile was directed not against so-called repression but against Allende's substantive policies, which attempted to eradicate the social injustices prevalent in one of Latin America's wealthiest countries. In nationalizing industries owned by foreign companies, the Popular Unity government hoped to place profits from native resources in the hands of the Chilean people. Through its taxation policies the Allende government sought to redistribute wealth more evenly between rich and poor. By legalizing workers' factory takeovers, Allende moved to give laborers a greater say in the operation of their places of work. Through its land reform policy...