Word: high-class
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...quite amused at Robert M. Hutchins' comment on America's institutions of higher learning: "U.S. colleges are no more than 'high-class flophouses where parents send their children to keep them off the labor market' " [TIME, Dec. 20]. As former chancellor of one of the better "flophouses" in the country, I imagine that Mr. Hutchins must be quite proud of himself. After all, a man is no better than the house he keeps. And this man hopes to become one of the managers of our government...
...phrase "high-class flophouses," which you attribute to me, has never crossed my lips. It comes from the colorful vocabulary of the charming young reporter on the Austin Statesman who interviewed me before my lecture at the University of Texas...
...University of Texas, Robert Maynard Hutchins, onetime chancellor of the University of Chicago who wants to be the next Democratic Senator from California, warmed up for a lecture by sounding off on the dismal educational outlook. To Hutchins. U.S. colleges are no more than "high-class flophouses where parents send their children to keep them off the labor market and out of their own hair." Further: "Our children become nuisances at the age of six. They can't be put to work until they are 20 or 22 years old with any success. They...
...languages at New York University denying that the vernacular words used in the song "could possibly be construed as offensive to anyone." At week's end Block, still sticking by his ban, explained: "The lyrics are only wrong to people who know dirty, low-down slang. In high-class society, 'jadrool' might just mean knuckle-head...
Mary Anne is the story of a high-class trollop, but the sex is discreetly offered between the lines instead of between the sheets. The heroine reaches the pinnacle of her profession when she becomes the darling of the Duke of York, second son of George III and commander in chief of the army. But her stipend is lean, and she fattens it by peddling army commissions. When her c. in c. cashiers her for conduct unbecoming a mistress, she avenges herself by causing one of the juiciest scandals ever aired in the House of Commons. Her noble victim manages...