Word: possessive
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...interesting to observe the mode of living of the rich. They have so-called democracy in the Anglo-French world. In reality, capitalism reigns supreme, that is, there is a band of several hundred people who possess unmeasurable fortunes and who, because of the peculiar construction of the State, are more or less completely independent and free...
...historical perspective, the economic doctrines, as milestones in capitalistic development, assume a fuller meaning than they possess on the blackboard. In the chaos of the vacuum, they provide, indeed, the celebrated "principles"--which the bewildered student drops one by one as he enters the labyrinth of real-life economics...
...sterilized. Among others, he mentioned sardonically such men as Einstein and his Relativity Theory and Ehrlich and his ''Magic Bullet." For Reader Richert's edification, Einstein and Ehrlich and other great Jews are not considered Germans according to Nazi standards. They are "non-Aryan" and possess inferior blood. Their names should nob be mentioned in Nazi circles except for shame and degradation and their achievements are meaningless because they are ''contaminated" with Jewish brains...
...field, symphonies remain the dependable favorite at Cambridge with Beethoven and Wagner holding a wide margin over all other composers. The one recent alteration in the classics is a now interest in the works of string quartets and small instrumental groups. An explanation for this is that collectors, who possess the better-known records, are now branching out into novelties...
...more like a Harvard professor than a Hollywood fire chief. (He does teach first aid to many faculty members and university employees in evening classes.) Reminiscing about the day in 1908 when Chelsea burnt down or showing his souvenirs from the time when every Cambridge householder was required to possess one ladder and two leather buckets for the bucket brigade, Chief Gutheim points out that in the 41 years of fire fighting which he can remember Cambridge has always been rated A-1 by the underwriters. This has been accomplished "despite what we have to work with"; namely, an almost...