Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast invited _Empire of the Air_ author Jenifer Van Vleck to discuss aviation, militarism, Pan Am, and the idea of the *global*.
Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast invited _Empire of the Air_ author Jenifer Van Vleck to discuss aviation, militarism, Pan Am, and the idea of the *global*.
China Warns US on New Asia Military Focus
Its message: America should steer clear "militarism" in the region.
China's leadership
Age before beauty
militarism
(mĭl'ĭ-tə-rĭz'əm)n.
- Glorification of the ideals of a professional military class.
- Predominance of the armed forces in the administration or policy of the state.
- A policy in which military preparedness is of primary importance to a state.
militaristic mil'i·ta·ris'tic (-rĭs'tĭk) adj.
militaristically mil'i·ta·ris'ti·cal·ly adv.
Definition of militarism in English:
noun
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French militarisme, from militaire(see military).
- 発音記号[mílətərìzm]
[名][U]
1 軍国主義, ミリタリズム.
2 軍備拡張主義.
3 軍人精神;武断政策.Building a better suntrap
A novel approach to solar power may help to improve its efficiency-y
suff.
- Condition; state; quality: jealousy.
- Activity: cookery.
- Instance of a specified action: entreaty.
- Place for an activity: cannery.
- Result or product of an activity: laundry.
- Collection; body; group: soldiery.
[Middle English -ie, from Old French, from Latin -ia. Sense 2b, ultimately from Latin -ium.]
Age before beauty
Meaning
Older people should be given precedence over
the younger and, by implication, more beautiful. This is normally used
jocularly, often by the older person in order to flatter the younger.
Origin
The origin of this expression is unknown. It
was certainly in use by the mid Victorian period; it is recorded in
print from at least as early as 1869 (in the Decatur Republican
newspaper) and is probably significantly earlier than that.
The
phrase is often given as part of a supposed exchange between the U.S.
writer, politician and diplomat Clare Booth Brokow, who later became
Clare Boothe Luce, and Dorothy Parker. It is said that, in the
archetypal circumstances for uttering the phrase, i.e. while holding a
door open for Parker, Brokow said "Age before beauty". Parker's reply
was "Pearls before swine".
Luce later denied the story and doubts about
the veracity of the exchange are strengthened by other reports that
ascribe it to other participants. Some of the numerous alternative
comebacks to 'age before beauty' are 'dust before the broom' and 'Beauty
was a horse'.
Compelling evidence may be lacking but the
'pearls before swine' quip is certainly in Parker's style. Mrs. Robert
Benchley's biography of her husband includes this claim:
"I was right there, the time in the Algonquin, when 'some little chorus girl' and Dottie [Parker] were going into the dining room and the girl stepped back and said, 'Age before beauty,' and Dottie said very quickly, 'Pearls before swine.' I was right there when she said it."
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