| 单词 | acquisitive |
| 例句 | How could these hierarchical, acquisitive, market-oriented, monotheistic, ethnocentric newcomers have absorbed ideas and customs from the egalitarian, reciprocal, noncapitalistic, pantheistic, ethnocentric natives? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She was beautiful, sanguine, hot-tempered, demanding, impulsive, acquisitive, charming—she had all the proper qualities for a man-eater. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw the gold coin into the grave with Laura, then he pushed more earth into the hole, to hide the coin from acquisitive gravediggers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The tokens controversy was, I suppose, all part of our getting more acquisitive as we grew older. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Pirates, these women, with their ladylike briefcases for the loot and their horsy acquisitive teeth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His manner is mild, his hands large, with thick fingers and acquisitive thumbs, his blue eyes uncommunicative, falsely innocuous. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z For an acquisitive society, were awfully careless about possessives. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Census records indicate that by 1910 he had moved to Pawhuska, apparently one of the legions of acquisitive, dreaming, desperate settlers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Together, they’re emblems of a new aggressively acquisitive 20th century in America — or, as Sondheim puts it, “the century of get-rich-quick.” ‘Road Show’: A journey into the ‘get-rich-quick’ 20th century 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z There is an ambient aura of humming prosperity that masks, but just barely, the giddy excitement sparked when people in an acquisitive frame of mind move in packs. Art Basel Miami Beach: Where Art and Commerce Come Together and Party 2010-12-10T19:11:00Z An acquisitive pressure accompanies Letterpress, as well, since you can capture letters by surrounding them with other squares of your color, ensuring that only you can earn points off those tiles. Video Games: Unfinished Swan, Assassin’s Creed and Need for Speed 2012-11-06T22:45:43Z Like New Yorkers, Romans were aggressive and acquisitive and came from somewhere else; Beard’s wonderfully concise history unpacks the secrets of the city’s success. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Rock and roll started as a form of enchantment and has become, in large part, another symptom of the banality of our acquisitive society. The Beautiful Meaninglessness of David Bowie 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Slogans of acquisitive selfishness, to be sure, but also articulations of desire and loyalty. | 'Toy Story 3': Voyage to the Bottom of the Day Care Center 2010-06-17T19:23:00Z Conversely, others charge that Lichtenstein's art is too lovable: too accessible, commercial, art "lite" for the merely acquisitive. From heresy to visionary 2013-02-23T09:01:01Z Under Thatcher the 80s saw a newly empowered and acquisitive working class; Clarke's film is a bawdy tribute to these stirrings. The films that defined the Thatcher era 2013-04-08T17:40:00Z Look for these baubles in glossy shelter magazines featuring the homes of the rich and acquisitive. Art in Review: URS FISCHER AND CASSANDRA MACLEOD 2011-11-03T21:39:48Z Above all, Gekoski understands how acquisitive lust, great gusts of History and occasional necessary discretion can make the most precious objects vanish into thin air. Lost, Stolen or Shredded: Stories of Missing Works of Art and Literature by Rick Gekoski – review 2013-06-29T08:00:54Z The label of WAG, a British acronym reserved for the brassily acquisitive wives and girlfriends of soccer players, seems to leave her unfazed. Victoria Beckham: Is She for Real? 2010-09-03T22:43:00Z But she is like a fantastic tourist: intelligently acquisitive, yet editorially selective. Best new artists 2010-10-16T23:02:00Z In that regard, it’s a lot like Nintendo’s own “Animal Crossing,” whose quirky critters are just as acquisitive. Review: Nintendo’s ‘Tomodachi’ colorful but dull 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z But for all this involvement, he was not really acquisitive and lived rather frugally. Leo Steinberg obituary 2011-04-12T16:56:17Z While King Seti's sarcophagus and Hogarth's Rake's Progress are awesome things in their own right, what is more awesome still is being transported into a curious and acquisitive mind of the Enlightenment age. In praise of ? Sir John Soane's Museum 2010-09-07T23:06:00Z We’ve scanned it from afar, surveyed it up close, put it behind glass; looked and looked, wonderingly, acquisitively, disdainfully, fearfully. Art Review: ?Through African Eyes? at the Detroit Institute of Arts 2010-04-15T22:09:00Z Another particularly acquisitive period in human evolution was probably livestock domestication about 10,000 years ago. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen – review 2012-10-11T07:00:01Z But we rarely seem to be aware that during all that time Africans have been looking back at us — wonderingly, acquisitively, disdainfully, fearfully. Art Review: ?Through African Eyes? at the Detroit Institute of Arts 2010-04-15T22:09:00Z In its blend of the glib, the acquisitive and plain braggadocio, it seemed an incredible response to a potentially career-ending exposé. Harvey Weinstein: fall of Hollywood player they once called ‘God’ | Observer profile 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Not only were their jobs threatened and acquisitive passions blocked, but they acquired unfortunate reputations. African Art Is Under Threat in Djenne-Djenno 2012-08-02T12:00:00Z “The tech industry, which is still seen by many as a cultural backwater full of socially clumsy but well-meaning nerds, is now an acquisitive and seemingly amoral force,” Chafkin writes. ‘The Contrarian’ Goes Searching for Peter Thiel’s Elusive Core 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Moreover, in addition to being nominal heads of Christendom and patriarchs of greedy and acquisitive families, Renaissance popes were also the rulers of a substantial territorial state in central Italy. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Target’s product releases, most with a housefly’s life span, stoked the kind of get-it-while-you-can acquisitive frenzy that has been mirrored more recently at Supreme and Adidas and other street wear brands. You’ve Heard of the Drop. Target Had It First. 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z We remember its creator, Samuel Colt, as the definitive Connecticut Yankee, ingenious and acquisitive. Guns, Gunfights and the Legends of the Wild West 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Why do men – especially men – take on such acquisitive challenges? The Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of our Emperors and?Admirals by Patrick Barkham ? review 2010-10-15T23:15:00Z And avoiding the temptation to go hog wild is easier than even the reflexively acquisitive might think in Zurich. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z The eponymous Joneses are a fake family of stealth-marketers who succeed in luring their neighbours into acquisitive excess. Consumerism triumphs in The Joneses 2010-04-26T10:22:00Z When she asks her husband to “buy this perfect day” for her, it seems less acquisitive than sentimental. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z As the number of pieces in a limited edition diminishes toward the ultimate scarcity of a one-of-a-kind timepiece, the collector’s acquisitive urge amplifies exponentially. Special Report: Watches: A Quartet of New Watches Stands for 150 Years of Chopard 2010-03-17T20:20:00Z But he was also criticized for replacing authentic places with ersatz versions of them, and for designing theme parks for the acquisitive. Jon Jerde, Architect of Merging Visions, Dies at 75 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Two volumes would seem excessive, but Luce’s pathological need to invent and reinvent herself, her restless, acquisitive drive to conquer new worlds and her cascading calamities end up providing plenty of vivid material. Book Review Podcast: The Life of Clare Boothe Luce 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Big Oil replaces Big Tech at the top of Friday's corporate diary, with recently acquisitive Exxon Mobil and Chevron due to report. Morning Bid: Amazon and goldilocks ride to the rescue 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The majority of the money will finance a specialist police team that will work within OPAL, the national policing division that oversees intelligence on serious organised acquisitive crime. Police to treat shoplifting like organised crime 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Chen and Tan of HNA Group were taken away by Chinese police due to suspected criminal offences in 2021 when HNA Group, once one of China's most acquisitive overseas buyers, was placed under bankruptcy administration. Evergrande founder joins list of Chinese tycoons investigated, arrested 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z If Son were to indulge his acquisitive leanings now, his timing could be fortuitous given depressed valuations and a relative lack of funding for the early-stage startups that he typically targets, some analysts say. Arm's stellar listing sets the stage for more SoftBank acquisitions 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z “Our two companies share a similar history of organic and acquisitive growth over time, and it made sense to invest for the future.” Penske's media roll-up continues with purchase of Vox stake 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z It was previously one of China’s most acquisitive dealmakers until Beijing’s crackdown on flashy overseas acquisitions a few years ago. Fosun denies reports China regulators asked banks to report exposure to it 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z One such model is called the acquisitive model of bureaucracy. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z They must improve their approach to serious acquisitive crime - offences such as personal robbery, theft from a person, theft of and from a motor vehicles and domestic burglary. Burglary, robbery and theft victims failed by police - watchdog 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z She said in contrast there had been a drop in burglary and other "acquisitive crimes" in the city. Liverpool supermarket theft rise blamed on cost of living 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Rejecting the Europeans’ acquisitive or utilitarian attitude to wealth or material possessions, they tapped the manitou of foreign products for spiritual power and social prestige as well as practical uses. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Italy’s acquisitive Medici dynasty acquired it a few decades after the codex was completed. Review: The conquered rather than the conquerors are given the stage in LACMA's two new 'Mixpantli' exhibits 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The acquisitive model proposes that bureaucracies are naturally competitive and power-hungry. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z National Police Chiefs' Council acquisitive crime lead Deputy Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman said they would look at the findings in detail "and work to assist forces in implementing improvements". Burglary, robbery and theft victims failed by police - watchdog 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z "We have the wherewithal to be acquisitive, no doubt we will be acquisitive and we will look at both small and larger acquisitions but we have very strict capital allocation requirements." PayPal says 'buy now, pay later' volumes surged 400% on Black Friday 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z A policy statement put the industry on notice that the agency has restored the practice of prohibiting acquisitive firms from merging again without FTC's prior approval, the FTC said bit.ly/3bcQogt. U.S. FTC to restrict future deals for firms that pursue 'anticompetitive mergers' 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z The acquisitive crime lead officer also said officers investigating cycle thefts can have "frustrations" with the speed and usefulness of the market place websites where stolen bikes are often sold on. Scotland's lockdown bike crime problem 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Despite acquisitive crime dropping by almost a fifth compared to the year before, bike theft went up by 19%. Covid in Scotland: Ten ways crime changed during the pandemic 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Curiosity quickly developed into an acquisitive passion, focused on living artists, whose work he collected in depth. Eli Broad, Who Helped Reshape Los Angeles, Dies at 87 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z “The cost of a puppy has considerably increased over the past year, making this a lucrative market for organized criminals to exploit,” said Amanda Blakeman, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for acquisitive crime. Britain is in the throes of a huge dognapping crime wave. 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z What is the relationship between the special energy of artists, the acquisitive energy of wealthy collectors and the broader energy of the society they share? Perspective | Make a fist 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Arnault, long considered the most aggressive and acquisitive deal maker in the industry, was already expanding beyond traditional soft luxury goods like clothing and leather goods. Tiffany’s $16 Billion Sale Falls Apart in Face of Pandemic and Tariffs 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Oracle has a history of being acquisitive but has slowed down on large deals in recent years. Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Indeed, Sanders has been right that this tradition of thought is more authentically American than the more recent short-sighted and acquisitively individualistic public philosophy nurtured by neoliberalism. Anti-lockdown protesters show how the idea of "freedom" has degenerated 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z And I confess I was in an acquisitive mood, enveloped in the red mist of capitalism that descends on me from time to time. Perspective | Soul-searching and car-shopping: What’s the best machine for our needs? 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Americans are an acquisitive people and their craving for ever more stuff ripples around the world, not always to the benefit of the receivers of their excess or the environment. Minter’s `Secondhand’ is argument for tempering acquisitions 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Most musicians are record collectors, and every record collector has an acquisitive gene that drives him or her to chase down the hallowed bootleg, the alternate take, the rare remix. Perspective | Shelf stable: D.C. musician John Davis keeps punk alive at a U-Md. library 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Then there is another, larger Harvard, an epitome of the 21st-century research university — vast, calculating and acquisitive. Opinion | Harvard has betrayed its mission to educate 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Its acquisitive mentality endured, however, finding an outlet in the late-19th century grab for farmland in California’s interior. Mark Arax’s ‘The Dreamt Land’ traces California’s fear of a handful of dust 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Most humans are acquisitive creatures, and some activities that professional archaeologists might define as looting are regarded in a far more benign light by participants. Editorials from around Oregon 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z So that was the first change flowing from the Great Inflation: Americans became a more acquisitive — bluntly, a more selfish — people. Opinion | The Real Legacy of the 1970s 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z More recently, Mr. Griffin has turned his acquisitive eye toward real estate. The $238 Million Penthouse, and the Hedge Fund Billionaire Who May Rarely Live There 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Another challenge is simply the rising value of the waterfront real estate, which has long made Jensen the target of speculators and other acquisitive parties. Rising tide of Seattle growth swamps century-old Jensen Motor Boat Co. 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The declaration to not look for a major takeover, repeated multiple times this year, is a pivot from Pfizer’s traditional acquisitive strategy. Pfizer's incoming CEO represents pipeline push over dealmaking 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z We’re all susceptible to this acquisitive mentality, myself and my fellow high-minded travellers included. Will giant cruise ships destroy the wonders their passengers claim to love? | Rowan Moore 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z A. Bank — is typically employed to fend off takeover efforts by activist investors and acquisitive rivals. Papa John’s Adopts ‘Poison Pill’ Defense Against John Schnatter 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Am I supposed to treat this company, whose phone design team was recently gutted by Google’s acquisitive forces, as a sustainable and continuing business? HTC U12 Plus review: faux buttons, mo’ problems 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Sorrell is a classic, if very long-lived, version of the expansionist CEO who rides a wave of acquisitive empire building. Why WPP Is Better Off Without Martin Sorrell 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z “We are an acquisitive company. It’s natural that we explore different financing options,” one of the people said. SoftBank Could List Arm Holdings Again 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The City Center skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis—which houses offices of Target Corp.—and other office buildings in New York City and San Francisco were sold last year to one of China’s most acquisitive companies. China’s HNA Group Seeking Sale of $6 Billion in Overseas Property 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z China’s banking regulator in June ordered a group of lenders to assess their exposure to offshore investments by a handful of acquisitive groups, including HNA. Goldman suspends work on U.S. IPO of HNA's Pactera unit: sources 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Officials worry that loans accumulated by acquisitive Chinese companies could threaten the broader economy, and the heightened scrutiny has ended several major agreements. Chinese Owner of Lenovo to Buy Major Stake in Luxembourg Bank 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Fitch Ratings recently downgraded the company’s credit rating to BB-, saying Sunac’s acquisitive approach had made its financial profile “more volatile.” After Wanda Deal, Chinese Property Developer Faces Debt Risk 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z China wants its biggest, most acquisitive, highly leveraged companies to tone it down -- apparently by selling assets to other big, acquisitive highly leveraged companies. Here Comes Another Chinese Company on a Buying Binge 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z China is clamping down on its most ambitious and acquisitive companies, worried that many are overpaying for huge cross-border deals. Dalian Wanda to Sell $9.3 Billion in Hotels and Tourism Stakes 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z China’s banking regulator in June ordered a group of lenders to assess their exposure to offshore investments by a handful of acquisitive groups, including HNA. Goldman suspends work on U.S. IPO of HNA's Pactera unit: sources 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z China’s decision to detain the chairman of Anbang Insurance Group, one of the country’s most acquisitive companies, is stunning in itself. How Anbang Could Clog China’s Financial Plumbing 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z So it was only a matter of time before China’s acquisitive and unlisted life insurers started feeling the pain. Screws Tighten on Risky Chinese Insurance 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “Our prevailing acquisitive and competitive corporate life, including tragically the universities, is not the way of life for us,” she said. Imagine there’s no Sgt Pepper. It’s all too easy in the era of Trump and May | John Harris 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z "Health plans have been and will continue to be acquisitive," Mendelson said. Federal judge blocks Aetna-Humana health insurance megamerger 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z If that is so, then what Thiel thinks of human nature and motivations—that people are competitive, acquisitive, greedy—is temporary and contingent, too. Why Peter Thiel Fears “Star Trek” 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z If anything, acquisitive chief executives should be given incentives to be skeptical. Companies Should Rethink Paying C.E.O.s Extra for Acquisitions 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z But from that point on he became passionately acquisitive. David Bowie’s Seal of Approval Bolsters Art at Auction 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Though acquisitive corporate bosses generated $329 billion worth of takeovers in October, the biggest month for U.S. U.S. stocks not moved by October's marquee deals 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z A toy, a playing card and an abandoned watch are all detonators designed to spark the acquisitive curiosity of a returning civilian, who would be maimed or murdered by the explosion. Cunning and cruel explosive devices Isis improvises to stall Mosul attack 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The connection did not indicate wrongdoing, but it does illustrate the blurred lines between acquisitive Chinese companies and Chinese industrial policy. Germany Withdraws Approval for Chinese Takeover of Aixtron 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z This is south-western Guyana, far away from the capital, Georgetown, and people here laugh off the claims of what they consider their truculent, acquisitive neighbour. South American rivals battle for 'Cinderella county' - BBC News 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The links highlight the blurred lines between increasingly acquisitive Chinese companies and Beijing’s long-term industrial policy. Rush of Chinese Investment in Europe’s High-Tech Firms Is Raising Eyebrows 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Shareholders of acquisitive companies — including Bayer’s — should be aware of all the risks executives don’t like to talk about. Big Deals Like Bayer’s Often Fail to Deliver High Performance 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, that runs counter to the acquisitive trait that is also a part of humanity. The Formula for a Richer World? Equality, Liberty, Justice 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The deal also underlines the Canadian convenience store operator's position as one of most acquisitive players in the industry. Canada's Couche-Tard to buy Texas-based CST Brands in $4.4 billion deal 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z That took fortitude for a company with a $55 billion market value, and indicates that the acquisitive cloud company isn’t sitting still. Oracle: No Break Yet in Cloud Shopping Spree 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Ellison, Oracle’s founder and chairman, is one of the most acquisitive software executives in the world, although this transaction is among his largest. Oracle to Acquire NetSuite for $9.3 Billion 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Krall is one of those acquisitive fellows, like Sauron in “The Lord of the Rings,” whose happiness will not be complete until he gets his mitts on a particular doodad. A Surprising “Star Trek” Reboot 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z This week, that looked like pretty good news for at least one acquisitive company, when SoftBank of Japan announced it would buy the British firm ARM Holdings for $32 billion. After ARM, Is More British Tech for Sale? 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Analysts said deal-making for Lotte, one of the country's most acquisitive conglomerates, is likely to be on hold for some time. South Korea probe into Lotte Group widens with more raids 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z It was more like the acquisitive binge of a Premier League football club than the outcome of a deliberative corporate process. Google was barking up the wrong tree with its robot dogs 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z The beneficiaries were acquisitive empires and the centralizing nation state. The Forgotten Material That Changed the World 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Short as it was, the trial demonstrated how a lifetime of aggressive, acquisitive behavior can play out near the end for a C.E.O. whose faculties are waning at a speed disproportionate to his power. Sumner Redstone’s Sad, Angry Decline 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z It’s also preferable if you have acquisitive ancestors and possess a certain degree of avarice yourself. The Internet of Old Things 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Controversy about Valeant's relationship with a specialty pharmacy and doubts over its acquisitive business model have slashed the drugmaker's market value. Valeant names Papa CEO after he resigns from Perrigo 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z China's most acquisitive company of the past year flew a delegation to Britain in December and approached BG Chairman Andrew Gould with plans for a full cash bid, two sources close to ChemChina said. Exclusive: How ChemChina tried to gatecrash Shell's BG mega-deal 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Secrets are property, and covetous, acquisitive government bureaucracies hoard them from rival bureaucracies, thereby making government even more foolish than it naturally tends to be because it has no competitors. Histories that shouldn’t be secret 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z If successful, the Chinese company’s near-$44 billion purchase of Syngenta, the world’s top agribusiness company, would be a real milestone, even by the increasingly acquisitive standards of the People’s Republic. Financing ChemChina’s Bold Play for Syngenta 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z But the cajas eventually grew overly ambitious and acquisitive, losing their way in the frenzy that resulted in a Spanish real estate boom and bust. Pawnshops Emerge as Solid Lender in Post-Austerity Spain 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z Both firms have similar leverage and have been similarly acquisitive relative to their size. Serial thrillers 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The eight singles players in London for the ATP World Tour Finals, which begin Sunday, have thousands of rankings points: more than 15,000 in the particularly acquisitive case of No. 1 Novak Djokovic. Players on Fringes of Tennis Chase a Status Symbol to Cherish 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z I think our history would actually show you we’ve been very acquisitive. Virginia Rometty’s Vision of How IBM Will Thrive 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z It is one of the world’s most acquisitive companies. AB InBev’s $100-billion acquisition of SABMiller 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Investors are infusing AB’s acquisitive Brazilian boss Carlos Brito with some considerable merger skills. Investors See Potential in Beer Merger 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z In sentencing at the Old Bailey, Judge Rebecca Poulet QC described the crime as "gratuitous and senseless" and "motivated by acquisitive greed". Joshua Williams sentenced to life for 'senseless' murder of Alan Cartwright - BBC News 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z The annual report in 2013 from a multibillion-dollar London private-equity firm that counts a French pastry baker and a Dutch shoemaker among its holdings touted a new opportunity with “promising organic and acquisitive growth potential.” The Growth of Refugee Inc. 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z “There’s a deal frenzy going on,” recently proclaimed one of today’s most acquisitive CEOs, Michael Pearson of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, arguing that takeover action, is “in a bit of a bubble.” 2015 M&A Volume Will Hit An All-Time High - Is This A Bubble? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Northern Whigs recoiled at the acquisitive U.S. objectives. America’s July 4 military nightmare: With our recent history, could we even beat the British today? 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The fuel firing this acquisitive appetite is innovation. New Wave Of M&A To Be Driven By Innovation And Disruptive Deals 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The most acquisitive sectors as according to the Barometer are expected to be oil and gas, technology, consumer products and retail, and hospitality and leisure. EYVoice: M&A Begets More M&A 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z They saw Russian behavior between the Yalta and Potsdam conferences as aggressive and acquisitive. What Was on the Minds of the Big Three at Potsdam 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Gou's conglomerate is emerging as one of China's most acquisitive and aggressive private-sector companies as it buys a wide range of global assets. China's Fosun offers $1.8 billion for 80 percent of U.S. insurer Ironshore 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z His success in Hollywood allowed him to indulge this acquisitive instinct. The Movie Star and the Missing Totem Pole 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Assets are going cheaply for those feeling acquisitive. Offshore profit slump 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z In Ferguson the acquisitive approach to justice was taken even further. Lessons from Ferguson 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z For much of the 20th century, global history and the environment were shaped by nation states whose acquisitive and aggressive foreign policies were determined by unsustainable economic growth and energy consumption. When did Earth become Planet Oil? 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The failed bid by Japan's acquisitive No. 3 mobile carrier was a rare setback for founder Masayoshi Son. SoftBank shrinks U.S. office, marking end of failed T-Mobile bid 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Shares of Amaya started to rise earlier this year in May amid general market speculation that the historically acquisitive company was potentially working on a new deal. Canadian Police And Provincial Securities Regulators Raid Amaya And Two Financial Firms 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Alibaba’s initial public offering has left it with a huge cash hoard, and Jack Ma has proven to have an acquisitive streak. EBay Without PayPal Makes Both Tempting Targets 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Opportunity and security theories suggest acquisitive crime rises when such offences become easy to commit, and falls when they become more difficult. Tough case to crack: the mystery of Britain's falling crime rate 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Kinder Morgan suggested it would emerge as an acquisitive single company, and smaller master limited partnerships all address the pressure to grow through deals. Kinder Morgan's Reorganization Puts Master Limited Partnerships in Question 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The simplified structure will allow Kinder Morgan to become more acquisitive in a new American oil and gas boom. Renouncing Partnership Structure, Kinder Morgan to Reorganize as Single Corporation 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z There lies the difference between an acquisitive president and a pragmatic coach. With the End of Summer Siesta, Spanish Teams Go Back to the Bank 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z But all the negative sentiment on Wall Street towards Campbell may just be what might trigger a move by some acquisitive groups to consider Campbell as a takeover target, according to some food industry analysts. Campbell Soup May Be The Next Buyout Target Of Warren Buffett 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z To call a meeting, the acquisitive Canadian company needs support of the holders of at least 25 percent of the shares. Allergan readies defense as it fights Valeant for votes 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Yahoo’s been acquisitive since she arrived, and promises to be more so after it monetizes Alibaba, worth perhaps $30 billion over the course of time, estimated Victor Anthony, senior analyst at Topeka Capital Markets. Despite The Nap Heard Round The World... 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z As one of the most acquisitive companies in the corporate world, Oracle strikes deals all the time, announcing 11 takeovers in the last 16 months alone. Oracle to Buy Micros Systems for $5.3 Billion 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps Mikitani will discover, like so many other acquisitive CEOs, that the potential synergies of the disparate pieces of his empire don’t materialize as he had hoped. Grand Bazaar 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z He indicated a willingness to be even more acquisitive; he would even be open to a megadeal on the order of $50 billion. After the Oracle: After Buffett, Should Berkshire Hathaway Be Broken Up? 2014-05-05T23:05:34Z "Additionally, we are an acquisitive company and we need to ensure we have the resources available to capitalize on targets that become available both domestically and abroad." EBay beefs up U.S. war chest in pursuit of growth 2014-04-29T23:49:53Z The combination of cheap borrowing costs and high share prices is ideal for merger mania, boosting the buying power of acquisitive chief executives. Buttonwood: Peering into the entrails 2014-03-20T16:01:13Z Clearly, IBM is trying to catch up by being very acquisitive. The Future of Venture Capital, Tech Valuations and the Fate of Tech Incumbents - Conversation with Bill Janeway 2014-03-05T02:16:00Z She modeled it after the “cabinet of curiosities,” a Renaissance-era tradition in which acquisitive gentlemen made their collections available to the aristocracy and those who had a letter of introduction. | Gowanus: Death in the Afternoon, Then Drinks 2014-02-07T01:13:49Z But the maker of some of whiskey’s most iconic brands, including Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark, will soon belong to an acquisitive Japanese beverage maker. DealBook: Japan’s Suntory Buys Jim Beam for $13.6 Billion 2014-01-14T02:37:57Z It is based on evidence that prolific offenders commit the vast majority of acquisitive crime such as robberies, burglaries and thefts. Police work to reduce re-offending 2013-12-17T06:24:12Z Now the question is: what next for the most acquisitive of the Gulf carriers? Why Etihad is looking to the Balkans 2013-11-15T22:27:29Z In Asia, acquisitive moves will likely be small for the time being. Adland Consolidation - Not Over Yet 2013-08-16T15:29:00Z The long-term implications of overseas, predominantly US, mostly financially acquisitive ownership have not been considered; the clubs have just been sold, one by one. Fulham sale adds to the alarming US takeover of English football 2013-07-12T23:02:00Z Another energy investment banker said that due to increasing shareholder activism in the energy industry, executives at oil and gas companies are worried about being criticized publicly for being acquisitive. Analysis: Spinning assets into partnership may not solve Devon's woes 2013-06-07T00:35:02Z Most of the slowdown was in the once acquisitive financial services, life sciences and real estate sectors, which pushed the number of deals to all-time highs prior to the banking crash. UK mergers and takeovers at record low 2013-06-04T17:41:33Z Ten of those deals involved another player in the ranking, with energy firms proving the most acquisitive sector. Walmart heads Fortune 500 list of top companies in big year for energy firms 2013-05-06T16:58:00Z Identifying acquisitive companies, by looking at their cash holdings and liquidity, is quite straightforward. Bondholders beware: event risk is back 2013-03-08T09:53:34Z Over the last few years, Dell has been highly acquisitive in areas that offer more positive growth and margin prospects, while PCs have declined faster than expected. Dell LBO Looks Doable On Paper, Street Analysts Say 2013-01-15T21:18:05Z Other acquisitive companies, like Groupon, have also been scrutinized for accounting troubles. Hewlett-Packard ignored red flags ahead of Autonomy misstep 2012-11-21T19:54:28Z Formula One is clearly popular with members of India's young and aggressively acquisitive middle-class. Lewis Hamilton stays after India Grand Prix to help children left behind 2012-10-29T22:00:01Z Quinlan, a former Dublin tax inspector who had, in better times, transformed himself into one of Europe's most acquisitive property barons, was all but bankrupt. Barclay brothers close in on control of Claridge's hotel 2012-10-27T23:07:56Z Management was adamant that opportunities for both organic and acquisitive growth were plentiful in the UK. Capita helps push FTSE lower but mining groups lifted by China hopes 2012-10-09T15:55:03Z Unlike many big, acquisitive groups, Sahara's in-built funding sources mean it does not rely on bank loans. Insight: India's Sahara - massive, splashy ... and mysterious 2012-09-26T05:41:46Z Ms. Warrior, 51, "is responsible for all deals activity as one of the most acquisitive firms in technology reconfigures its business strategy," and is being "groomed for the top spot," Forbes wrote. India Ink: Sonia Gandhi Ranked Sixth Most Powerful Woman in the World 2012-08-23T15:35:42Z "Warwickshire police is currently recruiting investigative staff in order to continue to focus on those criminals who commit acquisitive crime, which includes house burglary, car crime and robbery," the force added. G4S advertises for staff to help police investigate crimes 2012-08-14T13:05:15Z An acquisitive growth and diversification strategy, significant share repurchases, and limited geographic diversity are partly offsetting ratings considerations. TEXT-S&P revises Verisk Analytics outlook to stable after acquisition 2012-08-08T16:51:26Z However, this is tempered by our view that the company's highly acquisitive nature and private equity ownership structure are not conducive to long-term sustained deleveraging. TEXT-S&P rates One Call Medical 'B', outlook stable 2012-08-08T17:03:27Z On Wednesday morning, the 79-year-old Weill, one of the 20th century’s most acquisitive bankers, stepped up to the mic to endorse … breaking up the banks. Sandy Weill's Untimely Second Thoughts 2012-07-25T17:35:01Z But it is also a call to governments to create conditions favourable to simpler, less acquisitive modes of living. We need the good life, not pre-washed salad leaves 2012-07-23T20:30:01Z The ratings balance the general stability of the company's operations, good operating margins and ample free cash flow generation with its acquisitive nature and near term increase in leverage. TEXT-Fitch affirms Constellation Brands at 'BB+' on Crown acquisition 2012-07-02T21:37:40Z However, we expect the company to continue to pursue acquisitive growth and shareholder return strategies that will limit a possible upgrade over the near term. TEXT-S&P revises Verisk Analytics outlook to stable after acquisition 2012-08-08T16:51:26Z Even Qatar, which remains acquisitive, is pouring funds into new infrastructure, in part to prepare for hosting the World Cup soccer tournament in 2022. Local Projects Replace Global Investments in Mideast 2012-06-06T19:56:30Z Industry sources and analysts expected him to be acquisitive on the domestic front. UPDATE 1-Russia's Rosneft hires TNK-BP insider as BP pursues sale 2012-06-05T16:55:46Z The first deal removes a competitor, potentially raising the profitability of all firms and making other targets look attractive to acquisitive bosses. Free exchange: Surf?s up 2012-05-17T15:05:40Z Behemoths such as Oracle Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc., among the industry's most acquisitive companies, rarely seek advice from investment banks when pursuing deals. Facebook's Wall Street Tour Kicks Off 2012-05-04T21:38:29Z The deal would free up billions of dollars in cash for the acquisitive Spanish lender, and would be the latest of a string of stake sales by the banking giant in several Latin American subsidiaries. Santander Prepares Record Mexico IPO 2012-04-23T12:21:42Z He therefore proceeded to fall in love with Jasmine in the same earnest acquisitive way in which he would have proceeded to buy a highly recommended new type of notebook. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z So far as practicable the student of history, from the age of fourteen and onwards, should be encouraged to develop the critical or judicial temperament along with the purely acquisitive. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z All the acquisitive Briton in us yearned to possess one of the quaint retorts. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Though languages are at their base social connectors, their study, for the most acquisitive, can be isolating. A Teenage Master of Languages Finds Online Fellowship 2012-03-09T18:53:15Z In fact, acquisitive companies tend to suffer declining share prices in the near term and rising prices over the longer term. The Pros and Cons of Stock Buybacks 2012-02-26T21:56:24Z The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z "He began to find them overbearing, boastful, vulgar, uncivil, insensitive and above all acquisitive." When Dickens fell out with America 2012-02-14T03:28:23Z The Negro's talent is largely acquisitive; that of the Anglo-Saxon, inquisitive. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z His wealth forces him to associate with all that is vulgar and acquisitive in Jewry and isolates him from all that is idealistic. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z The long drive to Mortlake was expedited by promises to the cabman; for, in this acquisitive world, nothing for nothing is the ruling law of reciprocity. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native soil. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A purchase will add to Asahi’s most acquisitive year as a strong yen boosts Japanese companies’ buying power abroad. Asahi Plans Takeovers in Southeast Asia to Access Wider Margins 2011-12-13T11:13:06Z The others she could easily elude when she was in the mind; this one spoke close and clear; she was afraid to look up and face his keen, acquisitive eyes. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z "Given the company is very acquisitive, investors look to cash flow for quality of earnings and so the stock is down," Scott Sutherland, analyst at Wedbush Securities, said. Nuance raises Q4 outlook 2011-10-18T17:11:41Z A very young child is selfish, in the purely animal sense; it is greedily acquisitive, and its selfishness is unchecked by any sense of shame. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z “We are acquisitive,” Murray Bailey, Yancoal’s Sydney- based managing director, said yesterday in an interview. Yancoal Studying More Than $1 Billion in Australian M&A 2011-09-29T02:03:03Z Outsiders contend that Mr Moynihan’s famously acquisitive predecessors, Hugh McColl and Mr Lewis, were far more interested in buying than integrating operations. Bank of America: Strife of Brian 2011-09-15T10:03:44Z Both are lawyers charged with cleaning up the messes of acquisitive predecessors. Analysis: BofA shake-up a crucial test for CEO Moynihan 2011-09-07T23:11:14Z From that time onward he had felt his way forward, as an explorer might, curious and heedful, observant of every fresh surprise of the unfamiliar way, inquiring, acquisitive, immensely interested. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z The industry’s most lethal disaster in four decades thrust Massey into the headlines as a model of dysfunction—and made it vulnerable to Alpha’s acquisitive ambition. Cleaning America’s Dirtiest Coal Company 2011-08-25T20:45:04Z We are acquisitive about being a target, I'm not sure. UPDATE 1-Glencore, S. Africa partner eye Optimum Coal 2011-08-25T20:01:41Z It is the latest investment for the acquisitive Glencore, which went public earlier this year. DealBook: Glencore Moves to Buy Australian Nickel Producer 2011-08-24T11:35:06Z Grant was particularly outspoken about the Giants’ acquisitive division rivals, and about his disinterest in playing for them. Safety Deon Grant Re-Signs With Giants 2011-08-16T20:07:59Z "Despite difficult economic conditions these latest statistics show no consistent evidence of upward pressure across the range of acquisitive crime," the researchers concluded. Burglaries 'up 14% in last year' 2011-07-14T08:59:30Z For the acquisitive savage had found it unhealthy to pilfer from this his white brother. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Like most Asiatics he was acquisitive and money loving, and to be promised a rich reward, and yet see no prospect of being able to earn it, was tantalising to the last degree. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Philips bought 12 companies active in lighting products and systems in the past 10 years, making it the most acquisitive company in the industry, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Siemens Plans for Osram IPO Tested by Weaker Growth Outlook 2011-06-29T16:41:56Z For only as the acquisitive instinct was dominant and successful could men survive either singly or in groups, before the coming of coal. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z Barclays's size and reputation as an acquisitive bank could have been enough to spark the rumours, said one fund manager. Dealtalk: Barclays may sense chance to bolster Spanish presence 2011-06-03T13:04:22Z Finally, rather than rely on organic growth, today’s startups tend to be more acquisitive than their bubble era counterparts. The Billion-Dollar Startup Club: Then and Now 2011-06-02T22:31:55Z In all creatures the acquisitive cravings exceed the limit of actual necessity. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z As the draft guideline acknowledges, many offenders convicted of acquisitive crimes are motivated by an addiction. Burglary sentencing views sought 2011-05-12T02:53:46Z After the coming of coal this acquisitive instinct expanded with cosmic force. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z Applied Materials is the industry’s most acquisitive company, with 13 announced deals in that time frame. Applied Materials Will Buy Varian for $4.9 Billion 2011-05-05T23:38:02Z Applied Materials is the industry’s most acquisitive company, with 13 announced deals in that period. Applied Materials' Varian Purchase May Spur Chip-Equipment Deals 2011-05-05T04:55:29Z The value system around industrial models – bigger, better, fast, richer and acquisitive – belong elsewhere. Why Facebook Town Hall Shows Obama is Missing the Point on Innovation 2011-04-21T14:57:05Z Photograph: AFP/AFP/Getty Images is leasing huge areas of land in to secure a vital source of mineral resources, the latest sign of its acquisitive approach to the commodities trade. Australia leases out mineral-rich land as China's hunger for resources grows 2011-04-12T06:00:02Z The acquisitive instinct succeeded in piling up a vast permanent capital which was enjoyed by a large proportion of the human race. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z This moth was pedantry, the result, doubtless, of too much erudition encouraging a natural tendency in her mind, which as we have seen was acquisitive rather than inventive. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Still, while bigger may be better for the ambitions of acquisitive bank executives, some banks here are finding that the opposite is true. U.K. Banks Brace for Restrictions 2011-04-07T19:11:48Z But in truth my every sense was awake and poignantly acquisitive. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z This may well put pressure on some individuals to consider committing acquisitive crime in order to mitigate the impact of reductions in their income. Police chief warns of crime rise 2011-04-02T10:37:51Z Parallel with the triumphant acquisitive instinct had developed the spirit of brotherhood and mutual aid which limited and controlled it. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z The effect of all this on George Eliot's achievement was what must always occur when an intellect which is purely acquisitive and distributive insists on doing work that is appropriate only to imagination. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Too often are they found to be high feeders, copious drinkers, keenly, if not sordidly, acquisitive, unimaginative, and coarse in their ideas and tastes. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z I was merely a rapt acquisitive spirit being initiated into the fundamental mysteries of nature by a great, indeed, a giant intellect. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z "The company plans to use these proceeds to partially repay its liabilities and strengthen its financial flexibility to support further organic and acquisitive growth," Norma said in the statement. Investor 3i's Norma sets eyes German IPO on April 8 2011-03-26T15:36:28Z This instinct of mutual aid is as truly a cosmic force as the acquisitive instinct. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z In automation, Invensys is more exposed than most to oil and gas and nuclear retrofit markets, and Schneider/Siemens have interest in acquisitive growth in process automation. Invensys and GKN both in takeover spotlight as FTSE ends higher again 2011-03-25T17:03:17Z "If you look at that group of companies, they are acquisitive by nature -- they've done more deals than anybody else has over the last five years," he said. Jilted Seadrill could be ready to deal 2011-03-18T23:28:23Z Instead, he dipped his acquisitive toe into US media by purchasing a Texas newspaper, the San Antonio Express-News, and launching a supermarket tabloid, the Star. Rupert Murdoch: the press baron who dared to look to the skies 2011-03-07T07:30:01Z The other object, that of becoming the channel of negotiating terms with Mr. Dingwell, offered obvious advantages to a gentleman of acquisitive diplomacy and ingenious morals. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z Her acquisitive instinct, charged with cosmic energy, shot lines of imperial expansion out across the seas to America, India, Australia, China, and Africa. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z Under its demanding chief executive, the former coal trader Ivan Glasenberg, Glencore has become increasingly acquisitive, and a flotation would allow it to reduce its debt and prepare for further operational expansion. Glencore may step out of shadows with London float 2011-02-28T19:34:17Z It doesn't involve beggaring public services, abdicating responsibility to the voluntary sector, assuring us that big business will self-regulate itself into smaller profits or foisting the acquisitive private sector on treasured national institutions. So Sarah Brown didn't make Gordon a boiled egg and soldiers. Get over it 2011-02-27T00:05:36Z “We expect the company to remain acquisitive, focusing on security, systems management and storage companies,” Abhey Lamba, an ISI Group analyst in New York, said in a Feb. 17 report. HP Misses as Consumers Crimp Spending 2011-02-22T22:45:23Z “We expect the company to remain acquisitive, focusing on security, systems management and storage companies,” ISI Group analyst Abhey Lamba said in a Feb. 17 report. Hewlett-Packard Misses Estimates as Consumers Crimp Spending 2011-02-22T21:47:44Z To a remarkable degree they subordinated their acquisitive instinct to their consciousness of kind as citizens of the nation whose life was threatened from without. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z We are now firmly focused on bus and rail, with a strong cash position to support organic and acquisitive growth in the UK and north America while maintaining our dividend. Go-Ahead accelerates as it carries 1bn passengers a year and lifts profit outlook 2011-02-18T11:20:07Z At the moment, we are not very acquisitive. BNP Paribas hit by Axa write-down 2011-02-17T10:30:01Z “They probably are going to be less aggressive in their acquisitive trail in comparison to where they had been previously,” Jamie Spiteri, head dealer at Shaw Stockbroking Ltd. in Sydney, said by phone today. BHP Damps Acquisition Talk, Spending $80 Billion on Its Mines 2011-02-16T03:28:02Z Their problem, give or take the odd million on the salary cap, is the acquisitive aggression of some of their competitors. Joe Marler of Harlequins is a prince of England's new power generation 2011-01-23T00:09:02Z The essence of this acquisitive philosophy is expressed in the quaint nineteenth-century maxim that “greed is held in check by greed, and the desire for gain sets limits to itself.” The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z Some strategists are telling clients to shift into equities, which tend to outperform corporate debt in economic expansions, not least because acquisitive firms bid up targets’ share prices. High-yield bonds: Back on the junk 2011-01-20T10:43:36Z South Africa, the continent's largest economy, and India were the most acquisitive nations in 2010. UPDATE 1-Africa M&A surges to record $44 bln in 2010 2011-01-19T13:41:15Z Companies in India, China and other Asia-Pacific nations are expected to be the most acquisitive buyers in 2011 as attractive valuations and domestic competition drive deals globally, according to Bloomberg’s M&A Global Outlook survey. M&A Bankers Forecast India Deal Volumes to Surpass Record 2010 2010-12-28T18:46:06Z Companies around the world are expected to become more acquisitive next year, which usually lifts share prices. Shares back in favour with investors 2010-12-23T18:50:44Z These same tendencies, these same manifestations of the acquisitive instinct and the consciousness of kind, appear in the record of our basic coal industry. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z The acquisitive Spanish bank Santander was rumored to be looking at Irish banks when things were booming. End to Ireland?s Financial Crisis Starts at the Banks 2010-12-10T20:42:00Z Charles Kernot of Evolution Securities issued a neutral recommendation on the business, saying: Xstrata is continuing its change from an acquisitive powerhouse to an organic growth generator. Commodity companies fuel FTSE rise, while GlaxoSmithKline climbs on Chinese deal 2010-12-07T18:02:00Z Beneath a reprinted page from the list discussing the "subjects' hardware", jezebel.com claimed, admiringly, that this is "another reminder that women can be as flip, aggressive or acquisitive about sex as men can". Cyber-bullying: bullying by another name 2010-10-06T08:00:00Z The Ryder Cup's dirty secret is that the more acquisitive modern player sees it as time torched for not much monetary gain. Ryder Cup 2010: Will rain drive competition from UK to the continent? 2010-10-01T16:17:00Z But owners and miners alike took their spiritual color from their social environment and in the soul of the people the acquisitive instinct remained in the ascendant. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z "It's horrendous," she says of the acquisitive Ruth. Never Let Me Go: Everlasting Love 2010-09-18T06:05:00Z The pain and the ruthlessness of that process is about to dawn on players who blindly sign up to England’s most acquisitive top clubs. Global Soccer: After Off-Season of Transfers, Premier League Makes a Rich Start 2010-08-15T21:48:00Z We'll buy it, realise we didn't want it, hate ourselves for being so stupid and acquisitive and stick it in a box in the basement – until the next one. Retail therapy gone mad 2010-07-22T12:30:00Z Late-season greed may seem an easy target, especially as Europe's players are equally acquisitive in the Arcadian autumn of the American Tour. Ryder Cup 2010: Will rain drive competition from UK to the continent? 2010-10-01T16:17:00Z The acquisitive instinct was stronger than the consciousness of kind among the non-union miners. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z A few weeks ago, I wrote about how it's fruitless to expect corporations to be moral – they are dumbly, amorally acquisitive. Heard the one about the top banker who said sorry? No, me neither 2010-05-01T23:10:00Z The bottom line: A freed Fiat auto unit under Marchionne's control will be in a very acquisitive mood if it can raise the capital it needs. A Fiat Heir's Bold Breakup Plan 2010-04-22T15:00:00Z Still in the sector Resolution , the acquisitive vehicle linked recently with the likes of Legal & General, confirmed it was in talks about further takeovers, but analysts believe these are likely to be medium sized targets. Shire boosted by rival's problems as FTSE shrugs off budget 2010-03-24T17:54:00Z The head of the acquisitive company also told Reuters he had not discussed a possible merger with its biggest shareholder, commodities trader Glencore, but said such a tie-up could create value. 2010-02-08T09:33:00Z The waste of both petroleum and gas has been largely due to the unrestrained acquisitive instinct seeking quick wealth in response to the cry of the steam engine for more and more fuel. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z There are obvious strategic reasons Apple might want to become more acquisitive. 2010-01-14T22:00:00Z Some larger capitalists, more acute and more acquisitive, of a greed less nice -profess the three occupations at once. Higgins A Man's Christian The boy's brain was acquisitive and flaming with ambition, and Victor McCalloway was no routine schoolmaster but an experimenter in the laboratory of human elements. The Tempering But such an answer ignores the contrast of attitudes that both workmanship and productive or acquisitive effort in the ordinary sense display. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude That the exploited peoples suffered in proportion as the raiding peoples prospered is, of course, true, but among the dominant peoples themselves the acquisitive instinct had begotten a mutual consciousness. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z Why was it that his acquisitive mind had not roamed over this field before? A Republic Without a President and Other Stories In that respect it is perhaps worse than our own, more diseased, more under the heel of the money fiend, more recklessly and brutally acquisitive. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. There was but a faint background of prior attainment against which to paint many things, but there was an avidly acquisitive pupil, a tireless teacher, and an intensive plan of education. The Tempering As scholar he must possess, too, both the acquisitive and the organizing intellect. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 It is only by the aid of knowledge and human understanding that we shall be able to resolve the drama of civilization into a victory of the consciousness of kind over the warfaring acquisitive instinct. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z "In that case their treasures may still be gathering dust and cobwebs in there," suggested Valeria, the acquisitive instincts of her profession waking in her; prodded, too, by feminine curiosity. Red Nails They are blatant, stupid, acquisitive, full of the vulgar strength which would have made of them successful saloon keepers. A Novelist on Novels He had all through been sceptical as to the existence of this, but had not insisted on his scepticism to Hlangulu, lest he might cool that acquisitive savage off the undertaking. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland They exhibit evil traits, anger, resentment, mendacity; they are often intensely selfish, are strongly acquisitive, greedy of gain, ready to steal and secrete things at the first opportunity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" She even asked Doctor Lavendar for a reason for refusing invitations, which the appreciative and frankly acquisitive Johnny was anxious to accept. An Old Chester Secret As if under some magic spell, Alicia and Candelas fell a prey to the intense, acquisitive passion that tortures women in front of shop-windows. Their Son; The Necklace This old Brown Bess hasn't been thought of acquisitively for some years. The Very Black But what was there to think out, seeing that nature and law and custom have conspired together to put women altogether under the power of jealous and acquisitive men? The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman It would seem that this single fact would keep normally acquisitive men keyed to a high pitch of endeavour all the time; but it was not so. Gold Under Socialism they will certainly look less to a man’s means and acquisitive gifts, and more to the finer qualities of his personality. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism He was both inquisitive and acquisitive to a remarkable degree. A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 Plainly Jesus felt that the acquisitive instinct, like the sex instinct, easily breaks bounds and becomes ravenous; there is even less natural limit to it. The Social Principles of Jesus He was no doubt acquisitive and retentive and mean-spirited, but these were merely the ugly aspects of a disposition that involved many other factors. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman We should, sir," replied his dragoman, "because from our schooldays we are brought up to be acquisitive, competitive, and restless. Another Sheaf Aggressive, intensely acquisitive, reproductive people—the ignoble sort of Jew is the very type of it—are the people who will prevail in a social system based on private property and mercantile competition. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism Legislation, public opinion, and the evolution of enforceable standards within particular business groups are tending all the while to narrow the sphere of purely acquisitive business. Higher Education and Business Standards But if the acquisitive instinct is without social feeling or vision, and centered on self, it gets no respect, at least from Jesus. The Social Principles of Jesus Any one of these subjects may be approached and treated primarily either with regard to its more immediate financial, material, acquisitive aspects, or to its more far-reaching social, psychical, and welfare aspects. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College Impersonal verbs which are put acquisitively, require a dative case; but those which are put transitively an accusative, as— 130 A ministris nobis benefit: We enjoy blessings from Ministers. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Or, if you cannot face that, go childless, and let your life-work gild the palace of the millionaire’s still more acquisitive descendants!” New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism The plan was to encourage the growth of an acquisitive spirit among the Indians to serve as a counterweight to the acquisitive spirit of the English. Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660 He was shrewd, intelligent, unscrupulous, and acquisitive; the dangerous head of a small clique of horse owners which was doing its bad best to remove the element of chance from the sport of kings. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories The extensive traveler, whose mind has an unbounded range, can scarcely conceive of the immense value of a limited space to his equally acquisitive though less favored brother. The Elm Tree Tales The mind of the modern Japanese is progressive and acquisitive. The Empire of the East Fine-strung minds are they often, acquisitive, subtle, and sensitive, able to look all around their labyrinth and see far into darkness, but not out to the light. The History of Dartmouth College From an acquisitive standpoint the locality signifies no longer. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time She had a good head for business, was acquisitive, saving and careful, and by fair means or foul had succeeded, it was said, in amassing a little fortune. The Brothers Karamazov The soft cushioned palms spelled love of luxury, the stumpy, curving fingers and talon-like nails indicated acquisitive greed. Juggernaut Against Germany a secret animosity has arisen, generated by the fear that in her acquisitive tastes she might turn toward Holland. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) That a small and defenseless Oriental nation should be permitted to block the colonial expansion of two powerful and acquisitive European nations was unthinkable. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Nowadays Lovelace's anxiety is just the other way—to keep the acquisitive propensity of his liege lady within tolerable bounds. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) He is silent but acquisitive, so I do not tease him with too many explanations. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Again: if collecting eggs, be content with half the sitting of a nest, and if you know of a very rare nest of eggs, do not take them all in your acquisitive greed. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. The spirit of America, eagerly looking forward, cruelly acquisitive, does not seem to fulfil it The sentiment of its beginning has outlasted even the sentiment of a poignant agitation. American Sketches 1908 Truly, the Khalifa must have been a strange man, with a fine acquisitive instinct abnormally cultivated. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan This glance was acquisitive; she said nothing, but laying down her book stretched out her two gloved hands. A London Life and Other Tales To repeat then, if the student, who is going to be a historian, uses his acquisitive years in obtaining a thorough knowledge of French and Latin, he will afterwards be spared useless regrets. Historical Essays Let this sad relation be a warning to all who look with acquisitive eyes on the scented jacket of our "Reynard." Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. To be rich is within the compass of any man gifted or cursed with an acquisitive temperament. American Sketches 1908 The people of the North and Northwest have long been noted for their acquisitive disposition, especially for the acquisition of lands. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 Then, talking carelessly, he led his friend on, both hoping that no acquisitive small boy might chance to poke about along the base of the wall during the afternoon. The Path to Honour They sent that ship out either for scientific research, for trade research and exploration, or for acquisitive exploration. The Ultimate Weapon In this case I chose the natural acquisitive instinct of man as opposed to blind chance and accident. The Misplaced Battleship A man is not, under normal circumstances, simply and solely pugnacious, curious, tired, submissive, or acquisitive. Human Traits and their Social Significance Raymond passed over all thought of old Jehiel, the ruthlessly acquisitive, and placed the blame on the other grandfather, who was now in an early dotage after a lifelong harnessing to the stock-ticker. On the Stairs He was without a strong acquisitive impulse, and now that his great purpose in making money was gone, these projects did not strongly engage his imagination. The Blood of the Conquerors If they were out for acquisitive exploration, they'd investigate the planets, the sun, the people, only to the extent of learning how best to overcome them. The Ultimate Weapon You have a more energetic, stirring, acquisitive, and capacious soul. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 The progress of civilization beyond its earliest states is held, by some sociologists and economists, to be ascribed to the power of the acquisitive instinct. Human Traits and their Social Significance Their famous Reinhardts are more efficient only because more acquisitive than our own Jewish impresarios. The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade So strongly acquisitive a nature must win the particular little battles which it is fitted to wage. Here are Ladies In minor ways he was acquisitive and consequently there came to be a public sentiment which excluded him from public employments. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 Mrs. Goochy has a strong acquisitive bias, and raises no objections to this vicarious proceeding. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour We were every one of us Yankee boys, acquisitive and resolved to make the most of ourselves and our small opportunities. Confessions of Boyhood The Roman element in Christmas is a remarkable instance of this acquisitive power of Christianity. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The huge man had his first fair view of the other's fine hard youth; and while he observed the self-possessed eyes and long nose, acquisitive and courageous, Blue Jeans devoted the interval to a counter-scrutiny. Winner Take All The acquisitive faculty in the Negro is being developed; his eyes are being opened more and more to the importance of getting wealth; and slowly, but surely, he is getting it. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Son, I wish you had the acquisitive faculty. A Certain Rich Man He was neither generous nor acquisitive; he was detached, and always rather apt to put his little possessions away and to forget about them. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother But after that, should Brutus be invited to the old lady's house, his actions would be carefully watched lest his acquisitive propensities again get the better of his honesty. The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight For, as the college course develops the studious and acquisitive powers of the mind, the university course has in view its creative and formative powers. Catholic Problems in Western Canada Both alike are public men; both alike are proconsuls; both alike show an inquisitive and acquisitive disposition. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Poor old Watts, it's a pity that man hasn't the acquisitive faculty—he could turn that talent into enough to keep him all his days. A Certain Rich Man During the youth of the twins, the wives of several gentlemen present had called at intervals to inspect the growth of Anthony Seagrave's grandchildren, particularly those worthy and acquisitive ladies who had children themselves. The Danger Mark This resembles certain men, whose genius being as it were acquisitive, models itself upon the epoch in which it lives, and assumes all the individuality of the nation to which it belongs. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution They provide the young folks with a motive to seek something further in the woods, and give the acquisitive ladies who "press things" much loot to take home, and all without cost. The Garden, You, and I The ancient Greeks, being an inquisitive and acquisitive people, were fond of collecting tales of strange lands. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries He was a youth of dreamy habits and acquisitive tastes, but sometimes made a good stew. Adventures of a Despatch Rider Colonel Mallett thought: "The acquisitive beast is striking attitudes on his fool of a son's account." The Danger Mark A decorative, acquisitive and especially captivating rose, and already something more than a popular favourite. 18s. in �1. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 There were those who held that the cloak might have been carried off by some acquisitive individual. The Gay Cockade But formaldehyde is so insatiate that it not only combines with itself but seizes upon other substances, particularly those having an acquisitive nature like its own. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries Who could be acquisitive, selfish, in the old rasped London way, in the presence of this bounteous beauty? The Enchanted April But preparation consists in something more definite than the cultivation of thought-power, whether from original or from borrowed sources—it involves a specifically acquisitive attitude of the whole life. The Art of Public Speaking Return to Table of Contents Notwithstanding our busy and acquisitive propensities, we of the metropolis have found time to wish one another a happy new-year, and to send friendly greetings to our country cousins also. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 Fishes remind me rather of Chinese, who are also a cold-blooded race: slow, watchful, inquisitive, acquisitive, and full of the sense of humour. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men Nor was this heathenish rapacity confined to the common soldier; the commanders and subalterns participated with acquisitive eagerness, sharing fully with their commands the hellish instincts of their race. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest They wondered, however, if I would be as far-sighted and acquisitive as he, if I would add to what I had or lose it. Children of the Market Place The shops gave her none of the acquisitive pleasure he had expected. Captivity He, being of an acquisitive turn, retained the fingers. New Faces In fact he was one of those acquisitive persons who collect and hoard scandals, a miser of private and furtive information. Success A Novel The seven ages of man have been well tabulated by somebody or other on an acquisitive basis. More Toasts Man has never been a merely acquisitive being; for example, he is also a fighting and a praying being. Outspoken Essays Love and hate, fear and wonder, self-assertion and self-abasement, the gregarious, the acquisitive, the constructive tendencies, are all expressions of instinctive feeling; and can be traced back to our simplest animal needs. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day Germany found means to satisfy these dominating and acquisitive instincts, and thus regained power at the Sublime Porte. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Under the ingenuous and acquisitive Sheffer, whose twins achieved immediate popularity, it developed along other lines. Success A Novel He felt the beginnings of indignation, yet he looked back at the letter acquisitively; its interest was intrinsic. A Daughter of To-Day Lawrence's instincts were acquisitive, not to say predatory. Nightfall They had abilities enough, but the sane acquisitive gift was not in them. V. V.'s Eyes In the early summer of 1883 Mr. Stone, who had been watching with appreciative newspaper sense the popularity of the Tribune Primer skits, cast an acquisitive net in the direction of Denver. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Equally important in the interest of creative work is the power of these appeals to shift the motive for production from the acquisitive to the creative impulse. Creative Impulse in Industry A Proposition for Educators With some men, I suppose, it's just an acquisitive nature. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 It was very unlike the usual selfish, acquisitive love of a man for a maid. From out the Vasty Deep To no conceivable social state is man inherently fitted: he is a creature of jealousy and suspicion, unstable, restless, acquisitive, aggressive, intractable, and of a most subtle and nimble dishonesty. An Englishman Looks at the World Greed, extravagance, envy, ambition, and rivalry are the roots of the acquisitive impulse, and contribute more to the public good than benevolence and the control of desire. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time He was of an acquisitive nature, was Charlie—and the road to his favor must be paved with gifts. Good Indian He was a mere aggressive and acquisitive individual with no sense of the State, no habitual loyalty, no devotion, no code of honour, no code even of courage. The War in the Air Man is naturally competitive, acquisitive, and, in a greater or less degree, pugnacious. Proposed Roads to Freedom By Reid this word was limited to our faculty acquisitive of knowledge, and to that branch of this faculty whereby, through the senses, we obtain a knowledge of the external world. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q She had passed the meridian of her life as a charmer of men, her health was giving way, she was greedy, ambitious, acquisitive. A Book of Remarkable Criminals Its acquisitive nature works rapidly in the sleep of the law. What is Property? I don't know why I am in such a reminiscent mood except that spring and the reappearance of toads always awakens the old acquisitive instinct. Daddy-Long-Legs Her talk--small blame to her!--was plundering and acquisitive. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 I happened to select a father who was of an acquisitive turn of mind. Michael O'Halloran It is no less needed by our sensuously luxurious and eagerly acquisitive generation. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Their fathers belonged to the older generation of Jews, industrious and acquisitive, attached to the spirit of their race, building their fortunes with keen energy, and enjoying their energy much more than their fortunes. Jean-Christophe, Volume I She did not smile once, but looked at K. earnestly, with sharp, acquisitive eyes. The Trial And, yet, the "fotched-on" teachers at the "college" thought her the most voraciously ambitious pupil they had ever had, so unflaggingly did she toil, and the most remarkably acquisitive, so fast did she learn. The Call of the Cumberlands England has been collecting, for many centuries, islands and suchlike; she is paying the penalty of her acquisitive mania. Alone Did I lean forward acquisitively to accept it from the noisome fingers, reluctant that so serene a prize should be retained in so coarse a setting? Tropic Days The bolder way is the acquisitive way:—the way of speculation. The Two Paths He was evidently of an acquisitive turn, however, for over his shoulder was slung a bag which appeared to contain a collection of the most heterogeneous and unserviceable rubbish conceivable. A Girl Among the Anarchists Now the instinct that is the forerunner of intellectuality is the instinct of curiosity, with its emotion of wonder, and its expression in the various constructive and acquisitive tendencies. The Glands Regulating Personality She has infected others with the craze and cannot help incurring their envy, seeing that they are now equally acquisitive, but less fortunate. Alone The green eyes were now alert, eager, immensely acquisitive. The Secret of the Tower Russell had no particular pedigree or genius, save the acquisitive genius, but he made himself useful to Henry in such judicial murders as that of Richard Whiting, Abbot of Glastonbury. The Emancipation of Massachusetts We may safely trust education to keep the American mind infantile, merely acquisitive and not critical. Nonsenseorship You said he had no education, no knowledge, no love of art or literature, that he was clever, sensual, idle, acquisitive, made of iron, with nerves of steel. December Love The acquisitive young man soon saw that toiling for the profit of others brought nothing but poverty himself; perhaps at the most, some small savings that were constantly endangered. Great Fortunes from Railroads It is only when law suppresses robbery and fraud, and otherwise protects the individual in his property rights, that the acquisitive instinct will cause him to exert himself in productive ways. Problems in American Democracy Boys they were, pugnacious, hunters, loyal, and cruel, older than the merrier children of the South Seas, younger and simpler than the weedy, furtive, acquisitive youth who may figure our age and type. Letters from America It catches us when our minds are merely acquisitive, storing up impressions and information; and it prolongs that period of acquisition to maturity by always throwing facts in our way. Nonsenseorship He is as acquisitive as a monkey and a magpie rolled into one. December Love Vanderbilt, by no means possessed a monopoly of acquisitive enterprise; on every hand, and in every line, were men fully as active and unprincipled as he. Great Fortunes from Railroads No man of high intelligence and acquisitive brain can toil arduously for a period of years and suddenly cease from troubling to find himself, as he expects, at rest. Stella Fregelius They knew that acquisitive government officials were cheating them out of their proper rations of bacon and beans. The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 She only knew that he was doing exactly what she had been longing to do ever since she had first heard about the acquisitive Mr. Graemer. Little Miss By-The-Day The acquisitive impulse, which is also rather early in appearance, has an increasing share in this sort of moralization. Problems of Conduct Those were crude old days; the pioneers who pushed their herds into the far pastures were lawless fellows, ruthless, acquisitive, mastered by the empire-builder's urge for acres and still more acres. Heart of the Sunset The child has learned to use a language fairly well; she has developed an excellent memory and is most inquisitive and acquisitive. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene Nor is it only among the rich that our present r�gime promotes a narrowly acquisitive spirit. Political Ideals The acquisitive sense was gone, and one neither claimed nor grasped; one admired and wondered and went forwards. Escape, and Other Essays It is not a sign of high-mindedness, for I am by nature greedy, acquisitive, and ambitious. The Upton Letters But the pure and passionless love of natural beauty can have nothing that is acquisitive or reproductive about it. From a College Window It might be truer to say I was born acquisitive and too mental. In the Wilderness The whole thing was blent in him with poetry—his imagination had romanticized the acquisitive instinct, as the religious feeling of the Middle Ages turned passion into love. Tales of Men and Ghosts He was in one of this acquisitive, Corsair moods. South Wind He was a little keen man, with, a thin face and prominent nose; not ill-looking, but extremely acquisitive, I should say. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders This new love was quite different from the old; that had been acquisitive, possessive, urgent, restless, and often terribly painful; this was tranquil, sure, utterly certain, and passive. The Captives Like a bee in a garden of roses, they flit from one remedy to another, but, unlike that energetic and acquisitive insect, they do not gather the golden reward they are in search of—health. The Royal Road to Health He was cautious, acquisitive, imaginative, self-conceited, and destructive. For the Term of His Natural Life He was merely an Italian, which he couldn't help, being born so, and therefore, as she said, of an acquisitive nature. A Rebellious Heroine Its inhabitants, by nature acquisitive and cautious, economical, tenacious, had learnt to worship the word "smart." The Island Pharisees Humanity had met some fierce competitors, but none with its explosive acquisitive nature, and none with its drive to conquer, colonize, and rule. The Lani People Thus in the heart of the Old Southwest the two determinative principles already referred to, the inquisitive and the acquisitive instincts, found a fortunate conjunction. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 I allow that Combers have had for many generations a sort of acquisitive cunning, for all we possess has come to us by exceedingly prudent marriages. Michael In order to minimize his acquisitive talents, the wonderful treasures of Mr. Rothschild's house had been hidden. My Memories of Eighty Years He is always greedy, always acquisitive, always vile. Scaramouche Accuracy is not necessary except in the case of aggressive, acquisitive natures, when it manifests itself in a desire to seize. The Financier, a novel STRANGER: Seeing, then, that all arts are either acquisitive or creative, in which class shall we place the art of the angler? Sophist The covetous, the indifferent, the generous, the hoarders, the spenders,—these are a few of the types one finds every day in relation to the property and acquisitive feelings. The Foundations of Personality From his late schooldays onward he had been possessed by an acute and obstinate form of kleptomania; he had the acquisitive instinct of the collector without any of the collector’s discrimination. The Toys of Peace, and other papers Undrape! you are not guilty to me, nor stale nor discarded, I see through the broadcloth and gingham whether or no, And am around, tenacious, acquisitive, tireless, and cannot be shaken away. Leaves of Grass You are piggish and acquisitive, but the magic of your phrases leads you to believe that you are patriotic. The Iron Heel STRANGER: There were two sorts of acquisitive art; the one concerned with hunting, the other with exchange. Sophist Honesty, in relation to property, is the control of the acquisitive impulses and instincts and is wrapped up with the idea of private property. The Foundations of Personality STRANGER: And the Sophist was flitting before us in the acquisitive class, in the subdivisions of hunting, contests, merchandize, and the like. Sophist In the first place, the angler is an artist; and there are two kinds of art,—productive art, which includes husbandry, manufactures, imitations; and acquisitive art, which includes learning, trading, fighting, hunting. Sophist The angler's is an acquisitive art, and acquisition may be effected either by exchange or by conquest; in the latter case, either by force or craft. Sophist STRANGER: Yes, and with a fresh pedigree, for he is the money-making species of the Eristic, disputatious, controversial, pugnacious, combative, acquisitive family, as the argument has already proven. Sophist The acquisitive impulses are very strong in most people but not necessarily in all, and we find great variability here as elsewhere in human character. The Foundations of Personality All art was divided originally by us into two branches—productive and acquisitive. Sophist STRANGER: In the acquisitive there was a subdivision of the combative or fighting art. Sophist Very early does the child show that it prizes goods, shows an acquisitive trend that becomes finally glorified into a goal, an ambition. The Foundations of Personality STRANGER: You may remember that all art was originally divided by us into creative and acquisitive. Sophist The whole conception rests on the social instinct's inhibitions of the acquisitive instinct and in the growth and strength of feelings of conscience and duty as previously described. The Foundations of Personality |
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