| 单词 | city father |
| 例句 | The city fathers bragged about the way our people and white folks were working “side by side.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The city fathers were used to more circumspect criticisms—when criticism could not be entirely avoided. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z During this period, too, the city fathers resolved to change Durham’s reputation as a manufacturing center with no culture. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He created it with a couple of friends – having persuaded the city fathers to let them take over an earnest community title called the Voice. Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' 2013-03-23T22:24:20Z Today the city fathers milk anything remotely related to his years here. The magic of France’s Aix-en-Provence 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Victorian city fathers knew this; when they created ambitious museums in Liverpool or Manchester, they were asserting the metropolitan nature of these cities. Save face. Save our museums 2010-09-22T13:24:00Z Around 1905, the city fathers of Denver decided that a monument to honor their pioneering predecessors was in order. Art Review: ‘The American West in Bronze’ at the Met 2013-12-19T22:56:12Z His showdown with the city fathers who bankrolled him, especially Parkhurst, is partly a matter of practical business and personal insult. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Not Out of the Woods Yet 2011-10-24T11:51:54Z He then organized the first Beethoven Festival that same year after insisting the Bonn city fathers build a 2,000-seat auditorium that no longer exists. Wagner descendant heads a music fest -- Beethoven, not Bayreuth 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The city fathers have seized the initiative, pumping city and state financing into organized events. White Nights of St. Petersburg, Russia 2011-06-03T19:03:09Z The only reason the campus designers even addressed the southern tip of Puget Sound was because city fathers in Olympia asked them to do so. Capitol Lake: Debunk myth 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Dutch cities, including the capital, Amsterdam, and port city Rotterdam already have issued apologies for the historic role of city fathers in the slave trade. Dutch leader apologizes for Netherlands’ role in slave trade 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Los Angeles’ city fathers, so adept at ballyhoo, just hated it that the highfalutin’ town up the Arroyo Seco had thought up their big flowery promotional parade first. That time L.A. got jealous of Pasadena and started its own flowery parade 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z L.A.'s city fathers created an entire playground — Olvera Street — in the 1930s just to re-create what they insisted was a rapidly vanishing culture. Old-school California Mexican restaurants, por vida 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “The city fathers and mothers will have to step up, produce that plan that we can begin to sell from Jackson to Washington,” Thompson told television station WJTV. Mississippi capital’s water disaster developed over decades 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Tensions between LA Pride’s parent organization, Christopher Street West, and West Hollywood’s city fathers had simmered for years. L.A.'s top Pride celebrations say they're better off apart. But did their breakup 'split the baby'? 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Former company officials have long boasted how they would take “the city fathers” on trips back in the 1960s and 1970s to play golf and get drunk. Column: Corruption scandal shows that in Anaheim politics, there are no angels 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z A ‘city father’ tried to erase a Black neighborhood. D.C. park, trail will no longer honor official who advocated destroying Black residents’ homes 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Right after the massacre, Tulsa’s White city fathers told the world that they would rebuild Greenwood. Perspective | The Tulsa race massacre is finally becoming known. But where are the bodies? 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z In 1850, several months before California became a state, L.A. was formally incorporated, and its new Yankee city fathers not only imagined a booming future but would by God make it happen. Search for the center of L.A. and you might miss the city's heart 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z It’s not taught in local schools, never merited an apology from city fathers, and isn’t even commemorated with a marker. Column: In a paved-over Chinatown, a reminder of why anti-Asian violence persists 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z He is also driven by making opera the art form of the impossible, getting city fathers and mothers to condone violations of regulations. Review: 'Sweet Land' astonishes. Opera in an L.A. park examines what it means to be American 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z “It’s up to the city fathers and mothers to decide whether they want to accept our offer. Maybe, in the end, they want to do something different.” Oakland’s Athletics need a home. They may get one — and provide 6,000 more 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z And almost as soon as the news broke the same old tale popped up on Facebook - the Chamber of Commerce aligned with mythical “city fathers” didn’t want them here. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Then there are the city fathers of Richmond. Perspective | Gifting Daniel Snyder any money or land for a new Redskins stadium would be absolute madness 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z No one was supposed to know, but “when we landed, all the city fathers came out, wearing read suit coats, and they rolled out a red carpet,” Rex Russell said. Kansas pilot receives Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The humble American red crawfish has nested uninvited in the city’s rivers and lakes, and this spring, the city fathers have declared open season on the invasive species. Berlin Puts Out a Contract on Invasive Crawfish 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z While Europe was Balkanizing, the city fathers were amalgamating what become the five boroughs into Greater New York. Man of ‘Gotham’ Returns 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z “We laughed, we told jokes, we drank together, we played poker until well into the night,” said Cora, who attended the getaways with the men he called “the city fathers.” How one election changed Disneyland's relationship with its hometown 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z That op-ed helped dissuade city fathers from investing in a sea wall that could have saved thousands of lives when the storm came. Analysis | The Daily 202: Hurricane Irma would have killed vastly more people in the past 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z “The city fathers and the cool people will want to open up things near the water, and then the navy shuts it down,” says Dickinson. Qingdao in the spotlight: Hollywood descends on China's east coast city 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z “Little is left of the San Diego and La Jolla that I grew up with … the developers will just build something nondescript, rubber-stamped by the city fathers.” Iconic Del Mar tower to be razed 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Lowell’s city fathers, says Mr. Forrant, the history professor, like to tell an optimistic story of “rainbows and unicorns.” Xi Jinping’s Trump Moment 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The latest proposal from city fathers is to build a shopping mall and amusement park based on a Belgian cartoon character there. Post-Brexit, Little Britain Has a Small Chance of Staying in Mini-Europe 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z More recently the city fathers have built lofts and bicycle paths to attract millennials. Lessons from Cleveland, the Silicon Valley of the second industrial revolution 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z In 2014 it adopted a new slogan – People Make Glasgow – and city fathers insist that they are investing in homes, schools and jobs as never before. The Glasgow effect: new study reveals causes of city's high mortality rates 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z And just as many romances melt away, now many of the locks will most likely suffer the same fate as the Paris city fathers try to preserve the bridge. Early and Often 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z The city fathers pieced it back together and, along with Stuyvesant’s teenage son, importuned him to begrudgingly accept the terms. New York’s 350th Birthday Party? Your Invitation Isn’t Lost in the Mail 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Fairly or not, Dallas became labeled “The City of Hate,” an image city fathers took pains to address. Recent Missouri editorials 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Truth be told, conventions are rarely moneymakers, despite the pledges of the city fathers; the need to stiff-arm other gatherings during weeks of preparations and extravagant policing costs tends to doom profits. LeBron James may have gone, but GOP is arriving: Why Cleveland rocks 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z To the great relief of firefighters, police and other public employees in bankrupt Detroit, city fathers recently plugged a huge hole in their pension plans. This Is How Detroit Found Itself a Mysterious Pot of Gold 2014-04-18T11:53:46Z Filled with servers processing friend requests and likes, it’s the signature success of the city fathers, who call the region the Node Pole. Data Centers Spring Up in Santa's Backyard 2014-01-31T02:00:58Z August: Rome's ancient Colosseum is leaning slightly and needs a $30 million makeover, city fathers say. Crazy sports stories never go on vacation 2012-12-29T06:39:03Z Repeatedly, city fathers, banks and locals wooed employers with free land, buildings and grants. Lexington: The view from Vandalia 2012-12-19T16:07:14Z Rome's ancient Colosseum is leaning slightly and needs a $30 million makeover, city fathers say. Maybe it was just a passing fancy | Sideline Chatter 2012-08-07T23:47:03Z "The city fathers or others need to keep their ears to the ground," he said. IOC, USOC deal stokes talk of new Chicago Olympics bid 2012-05-25T22:46:00Z The shipyard is booming and expects to soon have 4,500 workers, making it one of the largest private employers in the state and the darling of city fathers and Mr. Bonner. The Next War: A Smaller Navy Ship With Troubles, but President?s Backing 2012-04-05T17:26:05Z The city fathers rushed to their palladium to discover why for the first time it had failed to protect them. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Mr. Jobbins, the youngest of the city fathers, blessed his sovereign with unctuous pride, and the toast was drunk amid acclamations whose echo was drowned in broken glass. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z “The city fathers need to recognize that the character of SoHo has changed substantially and that the zoning needs to change to fit it,” Ms. Baisley said. | SoHo: SoHo/Living In - Wealth, Beauty, and Their Many Lovers 2011-11-05T21:57:16Z The city fathers comforted the poor old man with good words, and he returned to his corner by the hearth, never again to leave it alive. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z And with curious impropriety the city fathers had named this "accidental" Commerce Street, leaving it to the imagination as to what sort of commerce had been intended. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z More improvident than his city fathers, this one lights up his lamp, of dark, rainy nights, whether the moon is in the almanac, or city fathers' brains. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z Beneath the Royal Mint Court, diagonally across the street from the Tower of London, lie 1,800 mute witnesses to the foresight of the city fathers in the year 1348. Sequencing the Microbe That Causes Bubonic Plague 2011-08-29T20:56:26Z The city fathers are to be congratulated upon the management of the light plant. Why I am in favor of socialism 2011-08-22T02:01:00.513Z For his eulogy in honor of the Archbishop of Cologne, the city fathers allowed him thirty guldens. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z This week the city fathers of Aberdeen, Washington, decided it might not be wise to name a bridge after Kurt Cobain. Naming places after famous people 2011-07-29T10:55:08Z "Eight million dollars worth of land," say the city fathers, "is as much as we can afford!" The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z They all appeared thoroughly enraged and as the city fathers took their seats at the council table in the centre of the room they railed at them. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z It was their night, and the city fathers remained in the background and permitted them to have a glorious time. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z In top hats and gooseflesh the city fathers shivered their way to Gobbler’s Knob. City Room: Groundhog Days: A (Chilly) Look Back 2011-02-02T11:00:53Z The city fathers speak of binglang as if it were a panacea for all of Xiangtan’s ills, from curing tapeworm to solving unemployment. Addictive Binglang Treat Fuels Chinese City, Despite Risks 2010-08-20T02:37:00Z He scorns Luxor's development-minded city fathers as being interested in "emulating the Luxor casino in Las Vegas." Longest River, Wide Adventure 2010-08-14T00:51:00Z I couldn't care less what toppings the city fathers of Naples think are canonical. 2010-01-29T17:35:00Z Only one regent or tutor was necessary at first to teach the “bairns,” as the students were termed in the contract entered into between Rollock, the first regent, and the city fathers. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine The Ninth is: A board of city fathers, in connection with a precipice. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions The city fathers clean out slums without providing first for the slum-dwellers, and, swept before the broom of so-called social reformers, homeless men and women have drifted to the village, and there reconstituted their slum. The Great Discovery Coöperation with other clubs is also urged, and also the need of working with, rather than against, the city fathers. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. The women invariably got the better of the city fathers. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Street-lighting was poor, for such luxuries are expensive and the city fathers cared little what happened to the poor, diseased, half-starved nonentities. Shock Treatment But it was not in the power of these city fathers to aid him materially in securing a continued growth of the community, unless wives could be provided. Roman Women In 1901 committ no offense and the city fathers there humbugged me, and drove me out of town contrary to the laws of christ, moses, and the profets, and all nations, tribes, and clans. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 Later threatened by the "wheels of progress," it was saved by heroic efforts of Alexandria antiquarians who persuaded the city fathers to purchase the structure as a gesture to the 1949 anniversary. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria These and similar questions are those which the economist and the city fathers not only have been obliged to heed, but have got still greater concern awaiting them ahead. Dickens' London Abating sweating and its evils, inspection of toilets, hygienic conditions in shops are now matters frequently controlled by our city fathers. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V There is no evidence to show that the action of the city fathers was symptomatic of any ill-will towards him, or that he resented it openly. William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts They were the wives and daughters of the city fathers—the first of the “family folks” to give the stamp of permanency to the little camp by the river. That Girl Montana Crestfallen and abashed, the city fathers were soon brought before the privateer. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure I trust our city fathers will need no further admonition than this meeting gives; but, if they should, we are enlisted for the war. Parks for the People Proceedings of a Public Meeting held at Faneuil Hall, June 7, 1876 Mr. Hicks is buried in Quadra Street Cemetery, and his headstone is in evidence to-day as a mute appeal to our city fathers to put the place in order. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria The old hall in Philadelphia, where the city fathers met, was filled with a notable gathering, representing eleven colonies. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys Now—after a lapse of years—Thorhaven's city fathers had begun to be proud of this street nomenclature, and to believe they had meant it from the very first. The Privet Hedge I suppose they bribed the city fathers to get a permit. The Root of Evil If these three elements, representing the city fathers, the contractors and the laborers, were all satisfied with the way the city’s work was being done, who remained to cavil? Jewel Weed Their raid on the sidewalks had been unusually comprehensive and the city fathers became thoroughly aroused. The University of Michigan The city fathers were too wary to despatch their petition without first obtaining leave from parliament. London and the Kingdom - Volume II Our city fathers have great sympathy for it, and protect it with their presence. An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith It seemed to him on the platform as if an hour passed while he, who had played with a city father, stood, clothed with shame, before this commanding young woman. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers “Why, sweetheart, you don’t suppose I care for the great name of city father, do you?” Jewel Weed The city fathers, sagely premising that New York would never pass this limit, ordered the rear wall of the edifice to be constructed of brown stone, to save the expense of marble. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City About the year 1770 the city fathers seem to have been animated by an unholy passion for destruction. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See The great forest comes close up to the suburbs; and, in fact, vegetation is so rapid the city fathers have a hard struggle to keep the jungle out of the streets. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America I rather anticipate that the city fathers will seek recreation from their arduous labours by indulging in an occasional game of ball in the park. The Mayor of Warwick But in spite of the city fathers it was not possible to keep this worthy person out of court! Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance And a city father answered her, 'Of course.' The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales This was gaily decked with flags, and filled with chairs for the city fathers, who were to come and make speeches and give the pier to the people. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 49, October 14, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Grymes was well aware, if the city fathers got their hands upon the money, it would be years before he got this amount, if ever. 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 Learning that a mass-meeting was about to indorse the action of the city fathers, Douglas determined to face his detractors and meet their charges. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The city fathers, on learning that the Congress was to be convened in Vienna, commissioned Beethoven to write a cantata of welcome to honor the visitors. Beethoven "The city fathers will have to capitulate, and now for the reign of the mothers!" The Tinder-Box She was just finishing it when her husband came in from his weekly meeting with the city fathers. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 It probably seemed a very convenient conjunction of events to the city fathers, because the more turbulent portion of the citizens was sure to follow the saint. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 In fact, Gieshübler said the city fathers, his colleagues, didn't deserve it at all. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 The massive entrance door, dated 1593, thickly studded with large-headed nails, showed that the city fathers in former times had a lively sense of self-protection from troublesome visitors. From John O'Groats to Land's End Even then, however, we find on investigation that the city fathers of that time had mostly sprung from small shops. As We Are and As We May Be The city fathers felt themselves in an awkward position, and Mississip finally asked, in the meekest of tones: "What's the matter?" Romance of California Life Prepared to set out for his journey to Tr�ves, Charles hastened his movements and proceeded to Metz with an escort so large that it had a formidable aspect to the city fathers. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Andrew's own father had formulated the plan and gone before the city fathers with it, and for a time there had been hope of its accomplishment. Andrew the Glad None of the city fathers or their fashionable sons had even invited him to dinner. The Roll-Call The houses are like palaces; their classically modern architecture, their irreproachable paint, their varnished doors and well-scoured brasses, fill with joy the city fathers and every lover of progress. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 The "city fathers," as Dodd styled them, to the number of twenty, gathered in a body at the landing and began bowing, taking off their hats, and shouting "Zdrastvuitie?" Tent Life in Siberia Providing the necessaries and amenities of life in a commercial-industrial city occupied the attention of city fathers as a consequence of the shift from agriculture to trade and commerce as the principle source of livelihood. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History Susie Carrie was wonderful in some dangerously contrived Greek draperies, and over by the window held court on the subject of a city beautiful under a council of artistic city fathers. Andrew the Glad He suddenly saw all the city fathers and their sons in a new light. The Roll-Call Then the city fathers sent to Texas for a man who had the reputation of being a killer. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories In serious consultation, in anxious and wavering expectation, the city fathers were assembled in the town-hall, which they had not quitted for two days. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel That's just the spirit the city fathers have been showing about the park. Ethel Morton's Enterprise When Henry VI visited the city the inhabitants were ordered to wear red gowns, possibly a piece of sharp practice on the part of the city fathers, who were nearly all clothiers or cloth-merchants. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter The tide-lands had been in litigation for years, and he took the bull by the horns—buying out the private owners and at the same time leasing from the city fathers. Burning Daylight The city fathers sanctioned them and licensed them. John Barleycorn Ah, they remembered that, the kind city fathers,— and the walls are nicely padded, so that one can take such exercise as he likes without damaging himself on the very plain and serviceable upholstery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Mr. Blocque, devoting, with loud curses and imprecations, the assembled wisdom of the "city fathers," and the entire police force of the Confederate capital, to the infernal deities! Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee With what relish the city fathers ate their supper that night! The Old Homestead Every now and then there would arise some individual in revolt, some vigorous artist or unbridled thinker who would brutally break his bonds and set the city fathers by the ears. Jean-Christophe Journey's End The Romans called their senators patres, and we now speak of the "city fathers," aldermen, _elder_men, in older English, and the "fathers" of many a primitive people are its rulers and legislators. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Did the city fathers for one ill-starred moment forget their Tacitus, and silence the street music unmindful of those words, so familiar to them in their hours of classic relaxation--Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant? From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 They walk towards the box which holds the city fathers, under whose patronage the show is given, and formally salute the authority. Castilian Days Oh for the mantling night, when city fathers save the gas, and Luna draws her veil! Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. Every day the legion lingered there meant money for the enterprising city fathers. Caesar Dies The city fathers concluded to comply with the request of the petitioners and they accordingly purchased two double-deck hand fire engines and they arrived in the city in August, 1858. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul The genial Bailie Simons, who was my host—fancy living in daily contact with a Bailie!—informed me that the grave city fathers are sadly degenerating. Without Prejudice The city fathers, it must be mentioned, finding him not quite up to their expectations, were endeavoring to drop him with as little noise as possible. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter The house had been built and afterward inhabited for a term of years by one of the city fathers, a well-known and still widely remembered merchant. The Mayor's Wife The city fathers, I am informed, find some consolation in the fact that other canals have performed equally humane services. Siege of Washington, D.C., written expressly for little people The crowd drew back respectfully before the worthy city fathers, and opened a path for them, then fixed their eyes again upon the balcony where Minister Herrberg again appeared, and called for silence. Frederick the Great and His Family Oh, why don't the city fathers stop that evil thing, when they know the harm it does? Jo's Boys But it seemed a question which was most deceived, the general or the city fathers. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter Somewhat more than thirty years ago, a group of New York city fathers acquired an international fame as the "boodle aldermen." The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry A curious stranger is said to have asked one of our city fathers the reason of this peculiarity. Oldport Days We can have anything sent in that we want," he suggested speciously, "and if Dal doesn't make good with the city fathers, you girls can get some clothes anyhow. When a Man Marries They march to the box of the city fathers, and formally salute. A Horse's Tale He also had a slight recollection of what it cost him for the homage of the city fathers, and resolved to keep his fingers out of the pitch-pot for the future. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter Presently, however, these city fathers started a migration to Canada, Mexico, Spain, and other countries where the processes of extradition did not work smoothly. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry He then explained to him how it was that the city fathers were proverbially poor. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter |
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