Word: beggar
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Still a man of moods, Tarabas suffered fearful remorse, decided to resign his commission, punish himself by becoming a beggar. He had achieved tuberculosis, sainthood, the point of death before he found his victim again...
...alcohol and morning after headaches more certain and severe. To the philosophic observer his recent remarks savor of disillusion as one who reluctantly must lay aside cherished dreams to achieve bread and butter. Perhaps it is realized that the Brain Trusters' panaceas may precipitate an industrial crash that will beggar the recent banking collapse unless the New Dealers secure the cooperation and help of practical business men. Platitudes and generalities will no longer suffice. Action not words is needed...
...oilcloth poke. He came, he said, from Lost Hope Hollow and he was going to see the King. Ashlanders have since said that there is no such place as Lost Hope Hollow, that Jilson Setters' real name is William Day. never much of a mountaineer, but an oldtime beggar...
...Education in the U. S. is a beggar with...
...Boxer Rebellion, Dr. Morrison of the London Times and Dr. Robert Coltman of the News were besieged in the foreign compound at Peking. A Chinese beggar smuggled their stories to Tientsin. In 1904, the News had a reporter traveling with Kuroki's Army through Manchuria. When Japan silenced the wireless on the London Times's dispatch boat, the News was left with the only working press craft in the Yellow Sea. Victor Lawson was more concerned with making the News a good paper than running up his circulation, but the News grew with its city...