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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
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Architect (from U.S.A by Dos Passos)
0 Dos Passos wrote: 02 br
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00 "Inventor of plans, 02 br
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00 "plotter of tomorow's girderwork phrases, 02 br
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00 "he [Farnk Lloyd Wright] preaches to the young men 01 b 00 coming of age 02 b 00 in the time of oprression, cooped up by the plasterboard partitions of finance routine, their lives and plans made poor 01 font 01 b 00 by feudal levies of parasite money standing astride every process to shake down progress for the cutting of coupons: 02 b 02 font 02 br
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01 i 00 "The properly citified citizen has become a broker, dealing chiefly in human frailties or the ideas and inventions of others, 01 b 00 a puller of levers, a presser of buttons of vicarious power 02 b 00 , his by way of machine craft... and over beside him and beneath him, even in his heart as he sleeps, is the taximeter of rent, in some form to goad this anxious consumer's unceasing struggle for or against more or less merciful of merciless money increment. 02 i 00 " 02 br
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00 1 What does "coming of age" mean? 02 br
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00 2. What does the blue phrase mean? 02 br
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00 - for the cutting of coupons = for money? 02 br
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00 3. What does Wright mean by " 01 b 00 a puller of levers, a presser of buttons of 02 b 00 01 b 00 vicarious power 02 b 00 ," and by " 01 b 00 his 02 b 00 [power?] 01 b 00 by way of machine craft 02 b 00 ?" 02 br
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00 Would you please help me to answer these questions? 02 br
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00 "Inventor of plans, 02 br
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00 "plotter of tomorow's girderwork phrases, 02 br
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00 "he [Farnk Lloyd Wright] preaches to the young men 01 b 00 coming of age 02 b 00 in the time of oprression, cooped up by the plasterboard partitions of finance routine, their lives and plans made poor 01 font 01 b 00 by feudal levies of parasite money standing astride every process to shake down progress for the cutting of coupons: 02 b 02 font 02 br
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01 i 00 "The properly citified citizen has become a broker, dealing chiefly in human frailties or the ideas and inventions of others, 01 b 00 a puller of levers, a presser of buttons of vicarious power 02 b 00 , his by way of machine craft... and over beside him and beneath him, even in his heart as he sleeps, is the taximeter of rent, in some form to goad this anxious consumer's unceasing struggle for or against more or less merciful of merciless money increment. 02 i 00 " 02 br
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00 1 What does "coming of age" mean? 02 br
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00 2. What does the blue phrase mean? 02 br
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00 - for the cutting of coupons = for money? 02 br
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00 3. What does Wright mean by " 01 b 00 a puller of levers, a presser of buttons of 02 b 00 01 b 00 vicarious power 02 b 00 ," and by " 01 b 00 his 02 b 00 [power?] 01 b 00 by way of machine craft 02 b 00 ?" 02 br
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00 Would you please help me to answer these questions? 02 br
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00 Cadzao 0-
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0 Search for your idioms at Yahoo this way: 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 "coming of age" dictionary 02 br 02 br 00 in order to find dictionary pages on that idiom. 02 br 02 br 00 Puller of levers = a person who pulls levers 02 br 00 pusher of buttons = a person who pushes buttons 02 br 00 (who doesn't do anything creative, but merely executes procedures and orders) 02 br 00 vicarious power = power exercised on behalf of others 02 br 02 br 00 his (power) made possible through the abilities of machines 02 br 02 br 02 br 02 font 00 0-
- 0 Search for your idioms at Yahoo this way: 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 "coming of age" dictionary 02 br 02 br 00 in order to find dictionary pages on that idiom.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Puller of levers = a person who pulls levers 02 br 00 pusher of buttons = a person who pushes buttons 02 br 00 (who doesn't do anything creative, but merely executes procedures and orders) 02 br 00 vicarious power = power exercised on behalf of others 02 br 02 br 00 his (power) made possible through the abilities of machines 02 br 02 br 02 br 02 font 00 0-
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0 Search for your idioms at Yahoo this way: 02 br
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01 font 00 "coming of age" dictionary 02 br
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00 in order to find dictionary pages on that idiom. 02 br
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00 Puller of levers = a person who pulls levers 02 br
00 pusher of buttons = a person who pushes buttons 02 br
00 (who doesn't do a
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01 font 00 "coming of age" dictionary 02 br
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00 in order to find dictionary pages on that idiom. 02 br
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00 Puller of levers = a person who pulls levers 02 br
00 pusher of buttons = a person who pushes buttons 02 br
00 (who doesn't do a
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0 Thank you Marius Hancu for your help. I greatly appreciate your kindness. 02 br
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