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Word: worklessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...self-destruction, that "the entire population of the earth could live compactly on a properly designed Haiti and comfortably on the British Isles." He once declared that "man has the capability through proper planning and use of natural resources to forever feed himself and house himself and live in workless leisure." He dreamed of mile-high floating cities and of a Manhattan enshrouded in a gargantuan plastic dome. But he was more than just a dreamer. When he died of a heart attack last week at 87, while visiting his wife at a Los Angeles hospital, "Bucky" Fuller left behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Man Who Believed in Mankind | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

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