Word: rich
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reside in an ancient section of our city. We have contributed many prominent, men to the life of this country, all of whom came from the humble homes which the Harvard Crimson criticizes, and it appears to me ill-becoming those who represent a rich and socially powerful institution to cast aspersion upon the decent people of East Boston whose struggles and ambitions should have the support of the Harvard Crimson, and not its vicious criticism." Boston Post...
...another rich man, Elverton R. Chapman, had been placed in the same jail for a similar offense. Convict Chap man had a two-cell suite, Persian carpets, special furniture, meals from outside. Maj. William L. Peake, Superintendent of the Washington jail, said Sinclair would be allowed no such luxuries. Declared Jailer Peake...
...Duke, "owing to the exigencies of the present times." For 119 years the Portlands had loaned it to the British Museum. But last week, as it stood on display in Christie's London auction rooms, many a Britisher went for a last look. Everyone supposed, of course, that "some rich American" would carry off the treasure. Even Edward of Wales strolled in, peered at the exquisite white and blue glass scene of the marriage of King Peleus and Thetis, Queen of the Nereids. It was made known that he agreed with connoisseurs and critics that $500,000 would...
...rather cruel story of an American spinster whose corpse, lying in the Paris Ritz, is robbed by her fake-duchess friend and guarded by her lifelong enemy, "the cat that lived at the Ritz." The final tale, "The Apothecary," is a grim parable of the vulgar and aging rich who gather around them impoverished Parisians with cheap titles and cheaper morals. In a "quaint" apartment over an apothecary's shop in the Faubourg St. Germain, a noisy female parasite gives a dinner to consolidate her waning position. To jaded guests she offers, as entertainment and prey, a virginal American...
...adjective as "healthy". While debating officials paint a radiant future for Harvard debating, the drab record of this year fore-shadows no such promise. On the contrary, the evidence on this season's calendar points in a series of incidents which reflect little credit upon an activity so rich in tradition as Harvard debating has been...