Word: profiteer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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German Irony. Since Germany, a disarmed nation, can profit only by the disarmament of her potential foes, the German delegation had every incentive to further the proceedings at Geneva last week and made good use of its opportunities?Herr von Bernstorff declaring, for example, that the German foreign policy "is now completely dominated by the spirit of Locarno...
...choose to try for distinction also have their place, and among them are many of the best men in the university. To encourage segregation of the better students from these men would work injustice to both classes Distinction and non-distinction men should profit by association with each other, within each college group...
...supercilious ones were, as usual, uninformed. The Ringling family has been for many years rich, refined. Of the five original brothers who started the circus, John and Charles Ringling were the ablest; their wealth, owing to wise investments in Texas oil, in Florida land, is now immense; the yearly profit of the circus, sturdy as it is, hardly exceeds the income tax of one of them. Wherever the circus stops, a private dining tent, equipped with an English butler, a polished floor, silver and glass and napery, is set up near the big top, for nobody knows when...
...world the permission to segregate himself. On the other hand, contests like those conducted by the Pulitzers and publicly accredited with fairness, as far as fairness, as far as fairness is a human capacity, will continue to inspire artistic effort, not to be scorned even if directed toward profit and honor...
...over players who are inferior in this respect. In fact, it has been so certain in the past that a team would drop the ball every few minutes of play, that until very recently, the coaches of club teams instructed their men to pursue a waiting game, expecting to profit by the errors of the opposing team...