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...Shiverick argues that more lies behind the phenomenon. In the 1880s, when the Irish gained municipal control of the city, the Brahmins were politically disenfranchised. The former ruling class of Boston reasserted itself by creating private charitable corporations and a network of hospitals, schools, almshouses. It was more than nobless oblige; it was a desire to recover some control over the city. Boston’s clubs were [and still are to some extent] the “caucus rooms of the city’s financial and charitable leaders.” The Brahmin establishment felt impelled to play...
...base hit into the gap in right centerfield. Harvard, 5-4 UConn ab r h bi Veneziano 30 3 1 0 0 Rossirt 4 2 1 0 Ethotc 4 1 1 0 Crowey oh 4 0 4 1 Tinkham 5 0 1 0 Granger cf 5 0 1 1 Nobless 4 0 1 0 Patenaude15 3 0 1 0 McMilltan 20 2 0 0 0 Smithph 1 0 0 0 Havtand 20 0 0 0 0 Total...
...summer in Washington, I had expected the worst from our government, so it was no surprise that corporate dollars buy political power. But I hardly believe the corporate attitude that such practices are natural and right, that the corporate chiefs are acting out of a sense of nobless oblige...
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