Search Details

Word: affluently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...group of stores--those setting very old and antique clothing--doesn't have to worry about following trends. Atalanta (1700 Mass. Ave.) and Arsenic and Old Lace (1743 Mass. Ave.) both sell Victorian and turn-of-the-century clothing to a mostly middle-aged and affluent crowd. Prices here reach $200 or $300 for 19th-century lace dresses, some jackets and blouses, a little the worse for wear, sell for around...

Author: By Lucy I. Armstrong, | Title: When 'Old' Becomes 'New' | 3/9/1984 | See Source »

...district includes three distinct sections: the traditionally Democratic blue-collar New Bedford area, which still depends on commercial fishing for much of its livelihood; the more conservative and more elderly constituency on Cape Cod; and the affluent liberal suburbs to the southeast of Boston...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Studd's District Divided Over Reelection Bid | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

...breaks my heart to read about the plight of immigrants in Europe [Feb. 6]. Asians and Africans have slaved for centuries to build an affluent society. But all these people get in return for their labors is curses and scorn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 27, 1984 | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

Tony Tomasello, killing some slow moments last week at the gas station he owns in Fort Lauderdale, came across a fascinating story in his local newspaper. It said that a brown-haired man stopped by police for running a red light in the affluent Florida city might just be a Jesse James-style bank robber whose mixture of bravado and courtesy had made him a folk hero in South Africa. The traffic violator had given his name as Peter Harris. Tomasello had sold a used orange Mustang to a Peter Harris less than two weeks earlier. When he looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Hop Too Many | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...gave me a completely new perspective," says junior John Williams. "Most students at Harvard are from relatively affluent backgrounds. We went there, and went through the completely allen process of being searched, going through a metal detector--all the things you do when you're in a maximum security institution. Here at school, sometimes we fell like we're in prison because we have papers due and lots of deadlines to meet. But you begin to realize that it's nowhere near like what other people have to go through. It was a really enriching experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Classics | 2/10/1984 | See Source »

Previous | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | Next