Word: lavishness
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...factors saved the school: the G.I. Bill, which at last supplied paying students (current tuition: $1,250), and lavish fund-raising by Cardinal Gushing. At war's end, B.C. had eight lonely Gothic buildings; now it has 31 (and plans nine more), including the Joseph P. Kennedy School of Education and an indoor hockey rink bigger than Boston Garden. To shed its commuter image, it is rapidly raising dormitories that now house 2,000 students from 37 states...
Next, Z. A. Nuck? It took Spiegel years to make the climb to this pinnacle of authority. At one point, back in the 1940s, he even changed his name to get there. Better known then for his lavish annual New Year's Eve parties than for the pictures he put out, Spiegel decided that what might hold true for roses was simply not so for him, renamed himself "for professional purposes" S. P. Eagle. Hollywood roared with laughter; sports referred to one Eagle picture as The S. T. Ranger, suggested that Z. A. Nuck and L. U. Bitsch follow...
...most lightly governed big city. Property taxes are enviably mild, and the city relies heavily on private initiative and philanthropy to provide public facilities. Houston's only sizable public park is a gift from a rich donor. Much of the money for the city's lavish new medical center came from private contributions. Rice University, one of the Southwest's best educational institutions, is a privately supported, tuition-free school with a $70 million endowment...
...trimmed income taxes by a moderate $700 million, targeted his cut to benefit the lowest income families-an aim that could only draw praise from the opposition. To help offset the cost, he announced his intention of taxing the vast, largely untapped fortunes ($2.3 billion in 1962) that Britons lavish on gambling each year...
...same time, the Student Employment Office deserves the full attention of its director. When freed of a conflict of interests, Burke ought to be able to lavish on the job the energy he put into...