by
Studs Terkel
homily
(en)
(noun) a usually short sermon / (noun) a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme / (noun) an inspirational catchphrase or platitude. homiletic: the art of preaching or writing sermons
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An American President is fortunate—or, perhaps, unfortunate—that, offering his Labor Day homily
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An American President is fortunate—or, perhaps, unfortunate—that, offering his Labor Day homily
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dross
(en)
(noun) the scum that forms on the surface of molten metal / (noun) waste or foreign matter; impurity / (noun) something that is base, trivial, or inferior
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A perverse alchemy is at work: the gold that may be found in their unexamined lives is transmuted into the dross of banal being.
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A perverse alchemy is at work: the gold that may be found in their unexamined lives is transmuted into the dross of banal being.
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paterfamilias
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(noun) the male head of a household / (noun) the father of a family / (noun) a man who originates or is a leading figure in something (as a movement, discipline, or enterprise)
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He was born in one of its North Shore suburbs; he was raised, reached adulthood, and became a paterfamilias as a “typical suburbanite.”
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He was born in one of its North Shore suburbs; he was raised, reached adulthood, and became a paterfamilias as a “typical suburbanite.”
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