Word: jealously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...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...
...Grace Dunmore is represented as a masterful woman who cannot get along with only one husband. She sees her latest flame, Bobby Brandon, leading a gay night life and ignoring her. Jealous, she gets a Doctor to convince Brandon he is in a serious condition of health, and that he must settle down and keep better hours. She sends for Brandon's nephew, together with the latter's fiancee and her mother, to come from Kamm's Corners, and keep Bobby out of mischief. They come, but instead of converting Bobby to family life they are all converted...