Word: riche
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...needed for educational purposes, this plan was for the moment laid aside, and consideration given to other aspects of the question. After a long period of discussion it was decided that the most fitting place possible for the memorial is within the walls of old Nassau, which is already rich in historical associations. The plan, then, in general calls for the remodelling of the central portion of Nassau Hall, which is nearly a century and three-quarters...
...whenever we read, it is May for us again. The rich texture of Mr. Snow's "Ave atque Vale" is almost palpable Color and sumptuous description recall in lines like...
...mercy of the horrid monotony of capitalist vulgarity. A professor is admitted to polite society not by dint of theatre parties and champagne, but simply because bourgeoisie and Philistines are in mortal terror of his intellect. Money-grubbers and little-brothers-to-the-rich feel in his indigence a power which deprives them of breath. It is part of the show that he should be poor. Dress him in the fashion, slip a yellow-back into his pocket, clap him into a limousine, and, no matter how brilliant he may be, he is useless, he has lost his spell...
...several decades we have plodded placidly along, pointing aimiably to our superior education that teaches the young, the old, the rich, the poor alike and reduces ignorance in the lower classes to a smaller proportion than in any European country. Now the veil is rent and we see a hideous condition of things; and at the same time there appears the root of a number of evils...
...safety of the state. Three commonwealths have officially put an end to war-time idleness. In the remainder of the country, where loafing must be equally frowned upon, the same stringent measures are necessary. With the Government drafting millions into military service, the vagrant poor and the idle rich have no place in social organization. The effectiveness of the war's prosecution depends upon the gainful employment of everyone able to be of real service, at home as well as abroad...