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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*.

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Episode 12: Jenifer Van Vleck on Empire of the Air

Today's guest discusses the history of aviation and how this provides a lens to interpret the history of capitalism and U.S. foreign relations across the twentieth century. Amongst other...

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China Warns US on New Asia Military Focus

Its message: America should steer clear "militarism" in the region.

 

 

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Age before beauty

The Communist Party's biggest gathering gets under way with a formal nod to some of its most ancient living leaders (307)

 

militarism

(mĭl'ĭ-tə-rĭz'əm)
n.

1. Glorification of the ideals of a professional military class.
2. Predominance of the armed forces in the administration or policy of the state.
3. A policy in which military preparedness is of primary importance to a state.

militarist mil'i·ta·rist n.
militaristic mil'i·ta·ris'tic (-rĭs'tĭk) adj.
militaristically mil'i·ta·ris'ti·cal·ly adv.

Definition of militarism in English:

noun

[MASS NOUN] chiefly derogatory

The belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use itaggressively to defend or promote national interests:the need for liberal democratic reforms to avoid a revival of militarism

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French militarisme, from militaire(see military).

• 発音記号[mílətərìzm]
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[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.

1. Condition; state; quality: jealousy.
2. 1. Activity: cookery.
   2. Instance of a specified action: entreaty.
3. 1. Place for an activity: cannery.
   2. Result or product of an activity: laundry.
4. 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."