Word: serfdom
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...Daredevil pluck, ultra rapidity of thought and movement, cool calculation and reckless abandon, honor blended with determination- these are some of the demands and features of the great, clean national game. Through the long Dark Ages of serfdom, hurling remained with us as a bulwark second only to our national language in preserving our subdued and suppressed individuality...
...Soviet practice of forcing Russian executives and technical experts to work for the government is rather a communist political principle than a sound economic policy. It practically amounts to state serfdom, for the worker, although nominally free, is, in reality, a slave to the state. The ruthless suppression of the moderately successful peasants or kulaks and the persecution of the 'intellectuals' harboring so-called counter-revolutionary tendencies are, in the final analysis, political measures...
...young lady and the second maid, and no attempts to sentimentalize the gulf that lies between them. They are, patently, what they are. And in addition Mr. Upham suggests the terrible ennui that lies upon the sophisticates, reading interminably to reach life through the book, while the less fortunate serfdom is possessing it on "Thursday evenings out." I recommend this excellent bit above the others...
...Abolition of Serfdom in Russia", Mr. Karpovich, Sever...
...Abolition of Serfdom in Russia", Professor Karpovitch, Sever...