Word: richer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...little story about a small-town girl so ashamed because her parents were poorer than those of her friends that, when a glamorous visitor fell in love with her, she destroyed her one real chance of happiness by carrying on an absurd pretense of being richer and more popular than she was. Nowadays,, because people whose circumstances are as comfortable as those of the Adams family seem less to be pitied than admired, a daughter as ashamed of her station as Alice inevitably produces the impression of being a psychopath. The oddity of the effect which time has produced upon...
...that the Royal House of Orange is on top of the Netherlands to a degree not achieved by royalty anywhere else. Rich men in other countries fawn socially on their sovereigns, never think of the Crown as an economic power. Dutch millionaires doubt if any of them is richer than their Queen. Her ancestor, William I, subscribed $1,600,000 to the original $14,900,000 capital of The Netherlands Trading Society for exploitation of his Indies. Few investments have ever been more fabulously profitable or more tightly held. As the profits rolled in, the House of Orange has invested...
...death life is poorer, By his life memory is richer." Adopted June...
...usual the A. M. A. was richer. This was due almost entirely to the earnings of the A. M. A. Journal which Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor, has made greater in size, earnings and influence than any other medical publication on earth. Last year the Journal had 85,535 subscribers. They paid $603,192 in subscription fees (which also covered fellowship dues in the A. M. A.). Advertisers last year paid the Journal $727,112. Smaller items made the Journal's total 1934 income $1,439,751. Cost of operating was $825,781 (including $399,598 for wages paying...
...shocked were newshawks by these lugubrious words, that they gave scant heed to two interesting observations by this rich steelmaster who grew richer out of Wartime manufacture of arms...