Word: live
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...house. . . . One of my wives, called Fat'ma, as half of all Arab women are, has a son, whom I have called Mohammed. . . . My son, I hope, . . . will never learn the evil ways of what you call civilization. . . . The only world fit for a man to live in is the Mohammedan world...
...Their political identity crystallized in cries of "Down with the Dictatorship! Long live the Constitution!" However, it is doubtful if they actually represented the republican or democratic spirit of the people, which has been shamefully played upon by all the militarists for their own ends...
...residence property (homes worth $25,000 or more) have been or are being developed through their office. Their practice in talking sparingly, pointedly with Cleveland bankers has made it easier for them when they venture to New York. Neither has married. When not on their private car they live quietly in one of two residences near Cleveland. Pre-eminent in financial circles, they are unknown quantities in so-called "society." Hostesses have sighed, invited them, received polite regrets, sighed, invited them again. They never accept. Perhaps they fear boredom. Perhaps they are merely preserving vitality...
...periods swell with the breadth and abundance of the unspoiled continent, and with the vigor of a man who could live on it unsheltered. Yet they do not swell over in boasts, exaggeration or exclamatory wind. They have the sweep of Hermann Melville tempered by quiet judgment and an explorer's interest. When Daniel Boone tells a story he is introduced calmly as "a remarkable individual." A charging black bear is made no more ferocious than it seemed to a man who had slain many specimens and knew they were primarily vegetarians. The devouring of a Negro by wolves...
...Gray, "China is a sadly overpopulated country. This overpopulation and the ignorance of the people, coupled with the fact that great numbers of them are on the verge of starvation, makes it possible for employers to exploit them. They are herded into the cities and paid harely enough to live on. As a result China furnishes the most fertile soil for any sort of propaganda. Here one finds the most promising source of mob violence...