Word: jealous
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...thirty pious pacifists who intend to bring on an epidemic of world peace by forswearing their most sacred obligations seem to be more jealous of their personal reputations than their lofty ideals...
...family chaise with $25 in his pocket and went into business; both my grandfathers and my father were able leading business men of Boston. Hence I am jealous for the good name and the high calling of business. It is not first a machanism for the making of money but is a high calling for the upbuilding of civilization its history is full of romance, chivalry and faith...
...Each of the nations at present in the League is just as jealous of its liberties as we are, yet they do not complain of the league. I cannot see why we would not be satisfied if we joined them. The only hope of peace is through cooperation...
...Senate Finance Committee, jealous of the grant of such wide powers, inserted the six words into the bill. Their effect would have been to nullify the bill and Poincare refused to accept them...
...success, however, does not last, or Dr. Gustavus, jealous of Tanya's love for Bart, exposes the former tailor's despised in fashionable society; so, as all his friends renounce him, Bart seeks solace at Huber's shop. Here he finds Tanya as friendly as ever, and, upon hearing his publicity manager, proposes marriage and is accepted...