Word: superior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...subject to her directions. They prefer to work not singly but in teams, to wear a uniform which helps define their on-the-job role, and to have an office through which the work is scheduled. Within the sphere of house cleaning, say, such a team would thus feel superior to the woman who hires them, no longer fearful of being put down by a housewife. And for her part the housewife is likely to prefer a professional operation in which she is expected not to guide the work but merely to approve the results...
...white-haired man shuffled into Los Angeles superior court. His pants cuffs spilled two inches over his shoes. A wide necktie flopped across his rumpled blue shirt, his collar tabs curled like potato chips. He was Arthur Garrett, 63, lawyer for the plaintiff-who also happened to be Arthur Garrett...
...Angeles has proclaimed its superior locale and climate for so long that some people find it hard to believe that a native would ever dream of leaving home, even in the summer. Yet, no matter how close they are to a beach in winter, when summer comes many rich Angelenos decide that they want to be even closer; no matter how high they are perched on a hill, many decide they want to go still higher. The result is that although the city has something approaching summer all year long, the surrounding area still is heavily stocked with summer resorts...
Unfortunately, he too often let his temper get the best of him. Impatient with arguments, sensitive to the superior ways of his fellow revolutionaries, Villa grew more and more adamant in his own views of how the new government should be shaped, more and more convinced that those who disagreed with him were enemies trying to usurp the revolution. He once flew into a rage at the powerful General Alvaro Obregón, ordered him at gunpoint to cosign a rebellious telegram, then had to retire for more than an hour to restrain himself from shooting Obregon...
...himself served for three years as an education officer in Malaya). Bemusedly, Crabbe sees that the system is crumbling, but the snobbery is not. Malays hate Indians, who hate Chinese. Every Asian hates the British, and secretly despises himself for not being British. Crabbe, who does not think himself superior to the Asians, is regarded as a madman. Who throws away superiority unless he is mad? The turnabout suggests what is wrong with the novel. Crabbe is truly without self-interest, almost without volition. It is very hard to write about such a hero...