Word: affluent
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...crowded around here?" he snapped. Last week officials were scurrying to find ways to tap federal funds. Next spring, at Adenauer's orders, the federal village will begin to look less provisional and more like what Adenauer has made it-the seat of Western Europe's most affluent state...
...campuses match Harvard for part-time teaching. Theologian Paul J. Tillich, 74, gets 25 to 30 speaking requests a week, is regularly gone from Thursday to Tuesday. Economist-Author John (The Affluent Society) Galbraith gets so many requests that he files them by continent. Schlesinger's schedule is so crowded that he leaves itineraries by the telephone so his children can inform callers, and incidentally themselves. Chemist George B. Kistiakowsky has not even been at Harvard for the past year but in Washington as President Eisenhower's science adviser. Budget Director Bell is now off to Washington-after...
...President had deliberately let the problem slide until after the U.S. elections. In the circumstances, both Ike and Anderson felt that a dramatic gesture was needed to get across his message: that the U.S. expects its affluent allies to do more toward carrying the free world's burdens. In the long run, the demands on West Germany might well be met in one form or another-to the eventual benefit of the Kennedy Administration. But in the short run, the Administration came in for heavy criticism. The cause was not helped much by Vice President-elect Lyndon Johnson...
...most affluent area proved to be the Yard, however. The Drive collected $1,875.77 from the Class of '64 alone Monday night. The average contribution of freshman who paid was the second highest in the College, at $7.81 per person. One freshman gave $100, the largest single gift from an undergraduate...
...before the non-hero can be properly launched on his affluent career, otherwise known as the rat race, he must have a mate so that he can share his disenchantment. Early snapshots of his beloved are etched indelibly in the non-hero's mind, partly because he always lives his life flashbackwards. Nathan is forever recalling Amy arched against the sky on a diving board at poolside on her aunt's rambling estate. In disenchantment novels, these rambling estates are the toys of a gracious childhood soon to be whisked away by that legendary anti-Santa...