Word: greeding
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...unscrupulous young man-about-town who has stolen the money to pay for her theatrical ventures. Infuriated when she refuses to marry him, this suitor goes to the South Seas to kill his rival but remains to convince him that the lady has deceived both of them in her greed for gold. Accordingly they decoy her to the South Seas that they may punish her for so doing. Eventually, when her innocence becomes apparent, her first inamorata punches the young man-about-town, apologizes to the lady for his faint faith and prepares for a wedding...
...materialistic as was the Roman Empire, and that post hoc, ergo propter hoc, is good and appropriate Latin. But on consideration, other parallels are evident. The tributary nations, such as Nicaragua and Mexico, are departing from fealty; missionaries are retiring in fear before savage Chinese warlords; Europeans look with greed on American wealth. Luxury is creeping in; laborers in linen collars sprawl in scented cinema palaces and forget about capitalism. In the Capitol, Caligula Heflin rails against religion, and tortures the Senators. In Colorado the Praetorian Guards are shooting workers. The barbarians have already seized Newburyport and Chicago. Dominated...
...decade, militarists have dominated the struggling Republic. Fidelity to high principle and public spirit seems wholly alien to the war lords, and heavy taxation, robbery, and greed are the sins of all. It is only through the force of the strong arm, through the criminal control of district coffers, suppression of popular opinion, and vicious propaganda, that each militarist supports himself and his clique...
Come, workers, sing a rebel song, A song of love and hate; Of love unto the lowly And of hatred to the great, The great who trod our fathers down, Who steal our children's bread, Whose hand of greed is stretched to rob The living and the dead...
...between his legs and wound about his body. There was something hideous in his immobility, which was not the repose of sleep." Soon after that morning Emily's grandmother, Mrs. Elliot, came to live at Ashley House, and through its wide dismantled rooms there passed whining draughts of greed & hatred...