Word: enrichment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Philip Schaefer had come cross-country from San Francisco to enrich Michael Dukakis' campaign treasury. It was a fine evening, Schaefer recalled, but he was surprised that his $1,000 ticket bought snacks instead of filet mignon. "Governor," joked the Democratic fund raiser, "never have so many paid so much to eat so little." "What do you mean?" shot back Dukakis, reveling in his reputation for parsimony. "We had an open...
Still, the feeling is strong among many U.S. workers that their lost wages are serving mainly to enrich managers, shareholders and investment bankers. One statistic that buttresses the notion is the increase in top executive compensation, which, according to one survey, climbed about 18% last year, even as rank-and-file wages stagnated...
...presidential confidants. As President, Reagan has fused this faith in the economic invisible hand with the rugged individualism of the "Sagebrush Rebellion." Government is always seen as a rapacious tax collector standing between businessmen and the creation of wealth. The result is an Administration whose clarion call is "Enrich thyself." For Reagan, money is the measure of achievement, and he has left no doubt that he prefers the company of the wealthy. McFarlane, shortly after his suicide attempt in February, told the New York Times of the frustrations he felt as National Security Adviser: "Shultz and Cap Weinberger...
This ultimate scrapbook suggests an inevitable question: Why would anyone want to know the Lord's Prayer in Maltese, the age at which John Stuart Mill began learning Greek (three) or any of the other variegated trivia Bryan has gathered? Answer: to enrich the mind, astound friends and amuse dinner-table partners. The latter objective receives its own 19-entry chapter, in which Novelist Virginia Faulkner's advice is cited: "I ask the gentleman on my right, 'Are you a bed-wetter?', and when we have exhausted that, I remark to the gentleman on my left, 'You know, I spit...
...materialize. Despite record income and low fuel costs, tuition is still being raised next year by 6.9 percent, nearly twice the rate of inflation. Students will still be asked to accumulate five-figure debts, to work at jobs that pay well rather than those that benefit the community or enrich the mind. Those without the courtesy to be truly poor or very rich will continue to have difficulties. It seems almost obscene that this goes on when so much money is around, but then, that's big bucks education. The commitment to students is so deep, you could almost...