Word: snobbish
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...Galloper" who tamed wild Irishmen, to scathing "F. E.," master of acrid but urbane debate in both Houses of Parliament, to Great Britain's youngest Lord Chancellor, to the great and frankly snobbish Earl of Birkenhead whose aristocracy was that of "first class brains," came last week a strangely gentle Death...
...before that their residence burned to the ground, H. R. H. Crown Prince Olav of Norway sent his "regrets" to Iceland last week by the Norwegian Defense minister who arrived on a panserskibe (coast-defense battleship. In a British naval "barge"-and nothing is quite so spanking-smart and snobbish as a British naval barge-there landed from the Rodney that recently created peer, Baron Marks of Woolwich, an intimate friend of James Ramsay MacDonald who accompanied the Prime Minister to Washington (TIME, Oct. 7, et seq.) and an outstanding British consulting engineer, Senior Partner of Marks & Clerk, Engineers & Patent...
...authentic prince is thoroughly royal in the decadent sense of the word. He has his amours, his noblesse oblige, and a sense of humor that fits very well with the American conception of prince-lings on continuous leave. Alan Mowbray as Josef, the valet, is a thoroughly snobbish servant of the more malignant variety. The burden of the comedy rests on him and he carries off his part very well...
...given him this unique attitude or whether he had it with him when he reached Cambridge, is difficult to determine. But it certainly exists. Perhaps its essence is best expressed in the story of the Harvard alumnus who is quoted as saying: "The charge that we of Hahvud are snobbish is absolutely untrue. Why, the year I rowed on the crew, I knew every man in the boat except two or three who sat away down in the stern...
...automatic and foolproof definition of amateurism. They have not only failed to invent one which is not readily broken in the spirit, however much it may be observed in the letter, but the failure has produced a widespread feeling that the ideal of amateurism is foolish, highbrow and snobbish. The reason for this is plain. An amateur is usually defined as a man who does not compete for money and does not practice athletics as a way of earning his living. The athletic world is full of men and women who do not compete for money, who rank as amateurs...