Word: uplifter
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...Male-man," argues Simone de Beauvoir, is relatively lucky. He has raised himself by the bootstraps from the gutter of nonentity to the dignity of "human being ; he may, at will, transcend even this and rise to the stature of an "existent." But woman's uplift has barely begun. Far from being an existent, she is not even a human being yet. She is a "lie" and a "treason" to her own reality, because she is "in large part man's invention." Her plight in a man-made world is summed up in two of Author de Beauvoir...
...standard reflex to steer for one of the district's ten drive-in movies. This summer, as an alternative, Phoenix has drive-in religion. Five nights a week, the Rev. George A. Rustad, state director of Arizona's Seventh-Day Adventists, offers two services featuring an uplift movie and a sermon illustrated with colored slides...
Perhaps the next important development of the 19th century was the founding of Radcliffe in 1879. The Annex became an immediate favorite as a disturbance destination; from the ancient bustle to the modern strapless, female trappings have always been prized plunder, with the riotous robber getting as much uplift from the booty as the original owner...
...very rich men," made a speech on April 14, 1906, at the cornerstone laying of the new House Office Building. Congressman Champ Clark, long the Democratic House leader, gave this account of the historic occasion: "The President made a flamboyant Fourth of July speech for ten minutes, an uplift speech for 15, skinned the muckrakers within an inch of their lives, and delivered a few light taps on Democratic ribs. The mouths of the eminent Republican magnates were spread in smiles reaching from ear to ear. They were having the time of their lives when suddenly, without any connection whatever...
...asked to care for her room (which is inspected periodically) and to work for not more than five hours weekly at "bell duty," waiting on table in the dormitory dining halls, and "light pantry work." There are no sororities, but the students have organized 19 clubs for entertainment or uplift, or both...