Word: modeled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...touched alcohol. His only other notable divertissement was his elaborate Hawthorne Farm at Libertyville. It broke his heart that, when he stayed out in the country, the first train that he could catch in the morning did not get him to his office until 8:20. Such was his model life. Aside from his middle-class English hatred of publicity, which led him sometimes to wave a gold-headed cane at photographers, he was not an ominous figure. Some industrial opponents hated him, but as a successful manager of utilities he had the admiration of most businessmen. All that...
...excellently cast as a gentlemen whose chief recreation consists in "fishing for flasks warmed on fat haunches." His retiring appearance gives the part a freshness which, we four, was not present in the original script. And Thomas Ratcliffe, as a crusty man of affairs, and then a model barrister, showed a talent out of proportion to the minor parts in which he was cast. John Cromwell, as "the Drunk Swell" gives a most capable performance...
...Comrade Alexander Troyanovsky, knowing well there was no better way he could cater to his country's pride, descended to Brooklyn's grimy docks, greeted the first Russian ship to put into a U. S. port in 17 years. No ordinary ship did he greet but a model ship sent to start the flow of trade between the U. S. and Russia, sent to win U. S. admiration for all things Communistic...
...President." General Motors swung into line with increases of $20 to $30 on Pontiac and Chevrolet, $65 to $130 on Buick, $35 to $65 on Oldsmobile. Cadillac V-16s went up $300, La Salles $100. Hudsons went up $5 to $75, Graham-Paiges $50, except one model. A few independents left their prices unchanged, including Packard and Nash-and Henry Ford...
Perhaps his idealistic aims are intrinsically commendable. Perhaps a model university would be one in which a group of intellectual prodigies lived together, incessantly endeavoring to advance the learning of the world. Indeed, it may be reasonably argued that the graduate schools, especially those in the fields of science, should be of this nature. But Harvard College has always been a different sort of institution. It has been a place where young men of a certain degree of intelligence, provided they met some financial requirements, might pursue a liberal education, meet and associate with men of their own class...