| 单词 | Horatio Alger |
| 例句 | Horatio Alger’s books have made his name synonymous with rags-to-riches success, but that was not his personal story. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In the famous nineteenth-century novels of Horatio Alger, young boys born into poverty rise to riches through a combination of pluck and initiative. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Hamilton himself was a kind of Horatio Alger hero who aspired to fame more than fortune, but he understood the world of banking, investing, and speculating from within. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Horatio Alger was the greatest writer in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to be Horatio Alger in someone’s tear-filled homage to the American dream. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Downtrodden Americans gravitated strongly toward the Horatio Alger protagonist, the lowly bred Everyman who rises from anonymity and hopelessness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His life seems at once to be a tale by Horatio Alger, a fulfillment of the American dream, and a warn- ing about unintended consequences. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z He’d educated himself in his spare time, had saved his money with the earnestness of a Horatio Alger, started his own newspaper, gone to war, come home, pressed on, moved forward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not trying to Horatio Alger,” he verbs. Chuck Todd brings President Obama to ‘Meet the Press,’ but can he avoid giving viewers more of the same? Whereas, back then, in the fifties and the early sixties in America, you could pull yourself up—Horatio Alger. Jane Fonda Is Paying Close Attention 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z He’s a real-life, African-American Horatio Alger and Jay Gatsby, all rolled into one, the star and creator of his own gruesome melodrama. O.J. Simpson, American icon: Why the football star turned accused killer is one of the 20th century’s most important cultural figures 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z He has a kind of Horatio Alger story because he was brought up in a log cabin on the Rosebud Reservation, one of 12 children. A Conversation Between Philip Caputo and William Least Heat-Moon 2013-07-11T18:37:57Z Just last month, Herbold added another title: Recipient of the prestigious Horatio Alger Award from the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. Patricia Herbold: humble beginnings, exceptional life 2014-01-15T23:52:48Z “The goal with the Horatio Alger Award is that we serve as mentors and inspirations to the men and women they give scholarships.” Patricia Herbold: humble beginnings, exceptional life 2014-01-15T23:52:48Z Although the vagueness of the source of his wealth is almost glaring, the Horatio Alger story, in which poor boys work their way up to wealth and power, was ingrained in the American psyche. Why Gatsby is so great 2012-06-09T23:05:21Z Like a hero out of Horatio Alger, Martin strives to change and to advance. ‘Martin Eden’ Review: Reading and Writing His Way Out of the Pit 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z In the past decade, the Black List has created more than its share of Horatio Alger stories. Franklin Leonard's Black List can help green-light screenplays 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z "Hillbilly Elegy" is very much a Horatio Alger story. Historian Anthony Harkins on the real story of white poverty and "Hillbilly Elegy" 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z "Liar's Ball" is being billed as "a Horatio Alger and King Lear tale set in a fascinating and high-stakes milieu." J.C. Chandor goes from BP spill to 'Liar's Ball' 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z And for Horatio Alger inspiration, sit him down in front of PBS’s new documentary, “Inventing David Geffen.” Social Q’s: Paying Respects to a Furry Friend 2012-11-29T23:23:22Z In an earlier era long ago, "Becoming Superman" would be part of the penny press or dime novels, sold to kids and young adults alongside "The Horatio Alger Myth." Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Gilroy goes further, describing the film as a modern-day Horatio Alger story. Jake Gyllenhaal wants you to feel disturbed after watching him in ‘Nightcrawler’ The other criticism of Kylie Jenner’s story so far is that she is the very antithesis of the supposedly wholesome Horatio Alger myth that sustained American readers back in the good old days. Kylie Jenner: who'd want to be a matte lip billionaire? 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Nor do the Horatio Alger stories that newspapers and magazines love running about the tiny minority of laid-off creatives who manage to “reinvent” themselves and turn their misfortune into an opportunity. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z But she will travel to Washington, D.C., in April to collect her award and meet with Horatio Alger Scholarship recipients. Patricia Herbold: humble beginnings, exceptional life 2014-01-15T23:52:48Z A similar conflict drove Nathanael West, in 1934, to publish the novel “A Cool Million,” which satirized the Horatio Alger bootstrap fables that remained popular into the Great Depression. The Gig Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z He was the hero of a series of didactic stories by Horatio Alger, about a shoeshine boy who goes from literal rags to riches through hard work and clean living. REVIEW: Boardwalk Empire Watch: Golden Boy 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z His own dad a miserable drunk, Nucky has two fathers, Horatio Alger and the Commodore, and they don’t like each other. REVIEW: Boardwalk Empire Watch: Golden Boy 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Rather than a rueful tragedy, it is — so far — a Horatio Alger tale of aspirational capitalism, one that adds systemic racism and automatic weapons to the barriers facing the hero. ‘Snowfall’ Review: To Live, Love and Die in 1980s L.A. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Horatio Alger’s prose is “vomited into the national psyche.” Books of The Times: ?Lonleyhearts? by Marion Meade: Lives of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney 2010-03-18T23:29:00Z A third of the population was foreign-born, and the rise of immigrant performers to circus stardom “was a Horatio Alger story to immigrant audiences,” Dr. Weber said. ‘Circus and the City’ at Bard Graduate Center Galleries 2012-09-20T22:40:07Z The American Idol finale, the closest analog to Eurovision, was a showcase for the creaky brand of American Idol and nothing more – a yearly Horatio Alger story manufactured to seem genuine. Why the US embrace of Eurovision is good news for planet Earth 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z So even if we’ve never read a Horatio Alger story, that schema is so deeply ingrained in the American story – that rags to riches, overcoming obstacles story – is so much a part of the culture. The Bernie Sanders underdog problem: “You may root for them, but you also know they’re probably going to lose” 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Between movies, which would allow people to experience worlds they couldn’t experience, but also in the Horatio Alger stories, this was a cultural idea of the appropriate way to lift yourself up by your bootstraps. How “Inside Out” rejects the self-esteem mandate: “You are not going to feel great about yourself all the time” 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z The show's Horatio Alger approach echoes "American Idol." 'X Factor' TV show rivets Britain, heads to USA 2010-12-13T17:25:00Z “Imagine a collaboration between Horatio Alger and Machiavelli and you have Finch, the intrepid hero of this sortie into the canyons of commerce,” The New York Times wrote. Robert Morse, two-time Tony-winning actor, dies at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The New York Times recently surfaced VIP treatment from wealthy businessmen he met through the Horatio Alger Association, an exclusive nonprofit. Clarence Thomas’ 38 vacations: Other billionaires treated the Supreme Court justice to luxury travel 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z When he was about 12, he started helping his father, Ralph Mozilo, in his butcher shop, cleaning floors and cutting up chickens, according to his member profile in the Horatio Alger Association. Angelo Mozilo, Whose Mortgage Giant Fell in Housing Bust, Dies at 84 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z If Justice Thomas’s life had unfolded as he had envisioned, his Horatio Alger induction might have been a celebration of his triumphs as a prosperous lawyer instead of a judge. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z It also comes from the writer Horatio Alger, who wrote novels that endorsed the view of people achieving success on their own. Held down by our bootstraps: The myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Horatio Alger wrote over one hundred books, and they sold just millions upon millions, and they were all the story of this young man making it. "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps:" How a joke about bootstraps devolved into an American credo 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Last October, in New Orleans, Sokol made a direct reference to a pending Supreme Court case while addressing a group of former Horatio Alger scholarship recipients. Clarence Thomas’ 38 vacations: Other billionaires treated the Supreme Court justice to luxury travel 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z “But it does make you a bad person to insist that you’re Horatio Alger.” Column: Nepo babies beware! You didn't hit a triple if you were born on third base 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z At Horatio Alger, he moved into the inner circle, a cluster of extraordinarily wealthy, largely conservative members who lionized him and all that he had achieved. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Horatio Alger had a completely scandalous biography that most people don't know. Held down by our bootstraps: The myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z One thing that struck me also is that Democrats also talk about the Horatio Alger story. "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps:" How a joke about bootstraps devolved into an American credo 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Thomas first met Huizenga at a formal gala in Washington, D.C., in 1992, when they were both inducted into the Horatio Alger Association. Clarence Thomas’ 38 vacations: Other billionaires treated the Supreme Court justice to luxury travel 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Taking these factors into consideration disrupts the Horatio Alger myth that individuals just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps to escape poverty. The full picture of poverty in America 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “The Horatio Alger Association has been a home to Virginia and me,” Justice Thomas said, referring to his wife, as he received the group’s most prestigious award in 2010. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Like a character from a Horatio Alger story, Farnsworth was born in 1906 in a log cabin built by his grandfather in southwestern Utah. The father of television grew to hate his own invention — until one miraculous day 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z "The Horatio Alger story is not quite what people have thought." "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps:" How a joke about bootstraps devolved into an American credo 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z In that time period, he joined Huizenga at Horatio Alger scholarship ceremonies in South Florida, travel that the justice disclosed in several of his yearly financial filings. Clarence Thomas’ 38 vacations: Other billionaires treated the Supreme Court justice to luxury travel 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Author Horatio Alger made his own fortune writing stories about young enterprising boys who beat poverty and succeeded in business through a combination of “luck and pluck.” U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z His friendships forged though Horatio Alger have brought him proximity to a lifestyle of unimaginable material privilege. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Even among students who have their housing covered by Horatio Alger and other scholarships, the prospect of stable housing is still important. They overcame poverty to get to college. Then they saw the housing costs. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z When you deconstruct a lot of these things, like the Horatio Alger story, it is not quite what people have thought. "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps:" How a joke about bootstraps devolved into an American credo 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z The Times previously reported that the event afforded the Horatio Alger Association unusual access to the court. Clarence Thomas’ 38 vacations: Other billionaires treated the Supreme Court justice to luxury travel 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Only this time, Horatio Alger hails from the projects. Review | Sen. Warnock recounts his path from the projects to Georgia politics 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Over the years, his Horatio Alger friends have welcomed him at their vacation retreats, arranged V.I.P. access to sporting events and invited him to their lavish parties. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Manera, like thousands of other students across the country, has gotten support from the Horatio Alger Association, an Alexandria-based nonprofit that provides $17 million in scholarships each year to college students from difficult backgrounds. They overcame poverty to get to college. Then they saw the housing costs. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z I am speaking of what is perhaps our era’s most surprising Horatio Alger analogue, a work of fiction that has outsold any billionaire memoir by many millions of copies: E.L. Rags-to-Riches Stories Are Actually Kind of Disturbing 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z In the United States, we love a good Horatio Alger story, in which a person who starts out with very little applies hard work and ambition and becomes a success — but only in the abstract. Opinion | A Defense of Jeremy Strong (and All the Strivers With No Chill) 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z The message is familiar, and classically American: bootstraps and businesses, Horatio Alger for the Instagram generation. What Frustrated Workers Heard in That Dolly Parton Ad 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z At the Horatio Alger Association, the justice’s circle has also included Mr. Washington and Wayne Huizenga, the entrepreneur who built the Blockbuster Video empire and owned the Miami Dolphins. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Horatio Alger has begun extending the reach of its support to help students cover basic needs such as shelter. They overcame poverty to get to college. Then they saw the housing costs. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Perhaps no cultural figure helped to keep the American dream on life support longer than Horatio Alger, the 19th-century novelist who wrote adventure stories for boys. Rags-to-Riches Stories Are Actually Kind of Disturbing 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z First Amendment devotees embraced him as “the Horatio Alger of the sexual revolution,” as a New York Times article once put it. Larry Flynt, porn king and self-styled First Amendment champion, dies at 78 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z In 2017, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans announced McEntire was one of 12 business, civic and cultural leaders chosen to receive an award for her charity and higher education efforts. Reba McEntire turns 65: A look back at the country star's biggest moments 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Williams was not a member of the Horatio Alger Association, but he knew one. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z “During the pandemic, many of them didn’t have a place to stay because school was closed,” said David Sokol, Horatio Alger’s chairman emeritus. They overcame poverty to get to college. Then they saw the housing costs. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The New York Times once dubbed the kiwi “the Horatio Alger of exotic fruit.” Frieda Caplan, ‘Kiwi Queen’ who brought a touch of the exotic to the American fruit basket, dies at 96 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z It’s a Horatio Alger story for the new millennium. Suzy Batiz’s Empire of Odor 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The candidates sounded like 19th-century elocutionists telling plucky Horatio Alger stories. Opinion | What the Democratic debates showed 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z The Horatio Alger Association was founded in 1947, according to its website, “to dispel the mounting belief among our nation’s youth that the American dream was no longer attainable.” Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Horatio Alger’s new emergency fund has allowed him to return to the books. They overcame poverty to get to college. Then they saw the housing costs. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The dinner Friess referred to was the 2019 Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans banquet, which honored students who've overcome “economic adversity.” Businessman derides Buttigieg's comment about democracy 'slipping' 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z That is, the president’s much-boasted-about wealth has soured many Americans’ taste for even the Horatio Alger bootstrapping stories. Opinion | Trump has given rich candidates a bad name 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z However tainted or untainted, Edelman has built a unique legacy out of a Horatio Alger career path. Julian Edelman began the season with a PED suspension and ended it as Super Bowl MVP 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Its members have included a wide spectrum of people whose life stories limn the Horatio Alger credo, although they have trended conservative. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Before I finished my book about that experience, one of my closest friends from Yale, who’d made a similar Horatio Alger journey, took his own life. Opinion | T.M. Landry and the Tragedy of Viral Success Stories 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Not Horatio Alger, exactly, but appealing, and impressive, nonetheless. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z These revelations should put paid to what remains of the myth of Trump as a Horatio Alger figure. The Trump Family’s Tax Dodging Is Symptomatic of a Larger Problem 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z In the Horatio Alger myth, nobility of character runs, unfailingly, into good luck. Convergence in the Tale of Two Cities 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z In a statement, a Horatio Alger spokeswoman noted that “the association is not privy to the relationships that individual members have with one another.” Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z “They’d accepted me as the recipient of the Horatio Alger Scholarship.” Perspective | At 3, he lost his dad in a drive-by shooting. At 19, he’s mulling Juilliard for opera. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z She was the youngest recipient of the Horatio Alger award in recognition of “remarkable achievements accomplished through honesty, hard work, self-reliance and perseverance over adversity.” Shkreli vs. Holmes: 2 Frauds, 2 Divergent Outcomes. Were They Fair? 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The money will start an endowment fund with the Horatio Alger Association. Sanford donates $30 million for college scholarships 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z It evokes images of a Horatio Alger character striving for success, he said, which is far better than language that stigmatizes students for being at risk. Are You First Gen? Depends on Who’s Asking 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Three decades ago, when Justice Thomas joined Horatio Alger, “We tried to get above the controversy and take a measure of his success,” the group’s awards chairman, James R. Moffett, said at the time. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, he was invited to perform at the Supreme Court for the Horatio Alger Association. Perspective | At 3, he lost his dad in a drive-by shooting. At 19, he’s mulling Juilliard for opera. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z I realize the Horatio Alger story is, mostly, a gauzy myth. Trump’s new immigration rules: So much for the land of opportunity 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z But as much a bulwark as this is, just about everyone also knows it isn’t exactly true — even, it turns out, Horatio Alger himself. Trump bet Americans would like his un-Presidential antics. He may be right 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z “The Dark Tower” producer Brian Grazer said, “I make a lot of Horatio Alger underdog stories. So his presence in the White House affects how I do that.” Hollywood voices are conflicted about speaking out on Donald Trump 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Justice Thomas’s use of the courtroom for the Horatio Alger Association, while hardly unprecedented, is quite rare. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Walters' life story reads like a tabloid twist on the Horatio Alger myth. Phil Mickelson's Insider-Trading Escape - Golf Digest 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z The uplifting version of this story is a Horatio Alger tale. The One Question You Should Ask About Every New Job 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Mattie Ross and Horatio Alger’s clever street boys helped shape an American ideal of youthful grit. Kids Don’t Need to Understand ‘Grit’ 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z I’m not a Horatio Alger story or anything, but my parents divorced when I was really young. Bracken Darrell of Logitech: Be Sure to Tell the Boss What’s Wrong 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Several have said they counted among their proudest achievements having Justice Thomas bestow their Horatio Alger medallions at the Supreme Court. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s a tale as old as Horatio Alger: Anyone can make it in America, no matter their upbringing. Five myths about class in America 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z “His story is classic Horatio Alger,” Donald Trump said, bulldozing right over that narrative in The Art of the Deal. Making the man: to understand Trump, look at his relationship with his dad 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z The only downside to Clark’s receiving the scholarship is that she will be required to miss a few days of school to attend the Horatio Alger National Scholars Conference in Washington, D.C., South Dakota student wins national scholarship worth $22,000 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z His friends at Horatio Alger shared similar traits: They grew up poor, many of them raised by a strong single parent or a grandparent who did not accept excuses. Ben Carson: From inspiring to polarizing 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Armstrong Williams came to have ambivalent feelings about the justice’s involvement in Horatio Alger. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z No one doubts the core truth of Carson’s Horatio Alger narrative—a child of the underclass who became a world-renowned neurosurgeon. This is why Ben Carson lies: The dark, disturbing reality of race, religion and today’s right-wing 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z She was the youngest person ever to be awarded the Horatio Alger Award in recognition of “remarkable achievements accomplished through honesty, hard work, self-reliance and perseverance over adversity.” The Narrative Frays for Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc. is a nonprofit educational organization honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals and encourages youth to pursue their dreams through higher education. South Dakota student wins national scholarship worth $22,000 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z He answers by telling his family’s Horatio Alger tale, from a barkeep dad to a U.S. What You Missed While Not Watching the Third GOP Debate 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z “Let me tell you, Horatio Alger has been one of the best things that has ever happened to him.” Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Jackson’s struggles were once a strength: he was a hip-hop Horatio Alger story who overcame his drug-dealing adolescence and getting shot nine times to become a massive superstar. Before he self destructed: chronicling the fall of 50 Cent 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z He grew up in Appalachia, truly in poverty, and became this remarkable guy — a real Horatio Alger who worked harder than anybody, and he never put himself above anybody. Peter Miller of Optinose: To Work Here, Win the ‘Nice’ Vote 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z When Clark applied for the Horatio Alger scholarship, she wasn’t expecting the cash amount she received. South Dakota student wins national scholarship worth $22,000 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z He’s now a 21st-century Horatio Alger, pulling himself up to the top through ingenuity and hard work. No studio? No problem. Meet Prince Harvey, the man who secretly recorded an album at the Apple store 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z As Justice Thomas became a fixture at the Horatio Alger Association, he gained entree to the lives of some of the wealthy members at its core. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Amid a shadow of disappointment, perhaps, they are still inclined to see his story more as a version of Horatio Alger than Humpty Dumpty. Sepp Blatter, FIFA’s Fallen Chief, Held Up as a Hero at Home 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z It concludes discussing the 21st century versions of the Horatio Alger myth — the heroic billionaire, “the fable of the free agent” and “the folklore of limousine liberalism.” How the 1 percent always wins: “We live in a faux democracy, which is why everyone’s so cynical and nobody votes” 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z The Horatio Alger “rags-to-riches” fable is just that, a fable that exists to reinforce the possibility of the American dream. Is America Still the Home of the Brave? 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Fisher rose in Horatio Alger style from childhood poverty to marry the daughter of a prominent congressman and build a fortune of more than $20 million as an investor. Richard Fisher, Often Wrong but Seldom Boring, Leaves the Fed 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z In January 2002, the justice and his wife attended a Horatio Alger board meeting at a resort developed on a former sugar plantation in Jamaica. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z You would be forgiven if you mistook the initial introductions of the 2016 presidential candidates with latter-day, and somewhat clichéd, versions of a Horatio Alger story. To Connect With Voters, Candidates Spin Tales of Working-Class Roots 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The Post Register reports that Vandersloot is one of 12 to receive a Horatio Alger Award. Idaho businessman receives esteemed award 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z In that way, it is a riff on the traditional American archetype of the Horatio Alger story - starting from nothing and somehow making a huge success of yourself. What Minecraft is teaching your kids about money 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z "Her story is in the spirit of Horatio Alger, rising from humble beginnings," they wrote in court papers. Ex-N.Y. lawmaker ordered to prison for marriage fraud 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z In 2005, when Horatio Alger held a board meeting in Vancouver, Canada, Justice Thomas R.S.V.P.’d for an excursion to Mr. Washington’s property on Stuart Island, off the coast of British Columbia. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z An immigrant who grew up in Albania, Hyseni’s personal history reads like a Horatio Alger story. Seattle pot shop turns immigrant’s American dream into reality 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z “I’m not trying to Horatio Alger,” Todd told my Post colleague Ben Terris. ‘Meet the Press’ is part of insular Washington, and that’s okay Trott offers one clue to what drives him, in a biographical sketch for the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, which honored him for honesty and hard work in 2011. Byron Trott of BDT Capital Partners taps his power network to help the rich get richer His attempts suffered because he “wasn’t from an Ivy League school,” Mr. Greenberg told the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, which honored him in 1997. - The Washington Post The justice did not end up attending because he was at the funeral of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, said a spokeswoman for the Horatio Alger Association. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z But Mr. Kasem — who professed little interest in the actual music — saw himself as a teller of success stories in the mold of Horatio Alger. Casey Kasem, king of the top-40 countdown and ‘Scooby-Doo’ voice-over artist, dies It was a Norman Rockwell vision of elm-shaded village life, of freckle-faced boys going fishing, of parading on July 4; it was a Horatio Alger vision of hard work and thrift and virtue rewarded. The All-American President: Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z If Washington sees a Horatio Alger, Beijing may see a figure who represents less an American dream and more an East Asian one. Narendra Modi: what does his victory mean for America, China and Pakistan? 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z As the Wall Street Journal admitted, India is not "overflowing with Horatio Alger stories". The new face of India 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Their friendship has extended beyond Horatio Alger, especially to University of Nebraska sports fandom, as their families share roots in the state. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z His Horatio Alger story has some holes in it, though. Bubble U.: High Point University 2012-04-19T23:20:31Z Rubio has been viewed as his party’s heart, the Cuban American with a personal Horatio Alger story and a soaring rhetorical style. Ryan and Rubio, young princes of the GOP, find their 2016 statures diminished 2013-12-18T18:56:10Z And he linked rising inequality with falling mobility, asserting that Horatio Alger stories are becoming rare precisely because the rich and the rest are now so far apart. Paul Krugman: Finally, Obama’s talking like a progressive! 2013-12-06T13:52:00Z Cote's rise to become one of the world's most-influential CEOs mirrors, in some ways, a Horatio Alger novel, a fact the association mentioned when it chose him. Honeywell CEO urges sharply lower U.S. corporate tax rate 2013-11-21T20:18:14Z As the credits roll, a list of its funders appears: among them Mr. Crow and friends from Horatio Alger, including Mr. Sokol and Mr. Washington. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z But the party appears to be burying those facts under an outpouring of Horatio Alger tales. Republican Convention Projects Diversity in Race and Class 2012-08-31T00:29:32Z Davis has the kind of Horatio Alger story upon which many a successful political career has been built. An Obama Champion, Now in Romney's Camp 2012-08-28T18:06:25Z The heroes of those potboilers were so clean-cut as to make even Horatio Alger characters seem dissolute in comparison. City Room: Big City Book Club Tonight Discusses 'Bang the Drum Slowly' 2012-06-27T17:46:25Z This is the country, after all, that invented the notion of the “self-made man,” and which sent countless Horatio Alger novels about upwardly mobile match-boys to the top of the bestseller lists in their day. Is Romney the Wrong Kind of Rich? 2012-04-25T15:00:36Z What a pleasant sound the name of Horatio Alger, Jr., has to boys who read clean, wholesome stories of adventure! Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z Mr. Webster's style is very much like that of the boys' favorite author, the late lamented Horatio Alger, Jr., but his tales are thoroughly up-to-date. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z The 69-year-old Lake Charles, Louisiana, resident made his fortune with Global Industries Ltd, an oilfield construction service company he started in the 1970s, according to a biography posted on the Horatio Alger Association website. Santorum’s Millionaire Backer Stays Mum on Political Motivations 2012-02-24T21:54:12Z But there was also a Horatio Alger aspect to it all; they persevered and found their place.” Early Patriots Were a Comical Traveling Sideshow 2012-01-28T02:07:29Z The Horatio Alger ideal that someone born poor can, through hard work, become rich is the quintessential American promise. Letters: Sunday Dialogue: Mobility and Inequality in Today?s America 2012-01-14T19:00:00Z The rise of Mr. Ash, whom journalists called “the human computer,” was considered a Horatio Alger tale. Roy Ash, Who Reorganized the Executive Branch, Dies at 93 2012-01-13T02:17:55Z Horatio Alger is writing a Life of Edwin Forrest, and I am afraid will give him a Bowery appreciation. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z An Immobile Society Bollywood may love a rags-to-riches story, but historically India is not a nation of Horatio Alger stories. India's Way: India?s Boom Creates Openings for Untouchables 2011-12-22T03:02:26Z Regardless of the case’s outcome, the charges punctuate a stunning fall from grace for Mr. Gupta, whose personal story reads like a caricature of a Horatio Alger tale. DealBook: A Stunning Fall From Grace for a Star Executive 2011-10-27T01:43:45Z Perhaps, but for every Horatio Alger story there are tens of thousands born on the wrong side of the tracks who are destined to die on the wrong side of the tracks. Karl Marx's Warning for Wall Street: Economic Crises Are Here to Stay 2011-08-17T12:09:07Z He was Horatio Alger in a helmet, and then — as he neared the peak of a career he had dreamed about for so long — he decided he was destined for something else. Napoleon Kaufman finds faith after football 2011-07-17T02:36:35Z In their defense, in the decades after the Civil War, the Horatio Alger, rags to riches story was never more true. Everything you know about the Civil War is wrong 2011-06-09T13:01:00Z A quarter-century ago, Mr. Minkow’s life was often portrayed as a Horatio Alger story. A Reformed Ex-Felon in Trouble Once Again 2011-03-25T01:28:41Z He entered this league as an Everyman, Horatio Alger in a helmet. Tom Brady: He's just not cool anymore 2010-12-05T06:35:00Z Poised to win a Senate seat from Kentucky, Paul promotes a version of the small-government revival that owes little to Horatio Alger's rags-to-riches tales and much to Ayn Rand, the radical prophet of extreme individualism. The Party Crashers: Behind the New Republican Revival 2010-10-28T09:39:00Z “Meg doesn’t really have a Horatio Alger story to tell.” G.O.P. Hopefuls in California on Different Paths 2010-09-24T02:20:00Z Horatio Alger could have been one of his swamis. The Yoga Mogul: John Friend, Creator of the Anusara School 2010-07-23T03:00:00Z He's an example that this is the land of opportunity even now, Horatio Alger in helmet. Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh ready to make major impact in NFL draft 2010-04-22T01:55:00Z The Horatio Alger narrative maintains its hold in the United States. 2010-02-12T15:30:00Z In response to a demand for a popular-priced edition of this series of books—the most famous set ever written by Horatio Alger, Jr.—this edition has been prepared. The Wilderness Fugitives Therefore, you can get a very good assortment of the S. & S. novels from your news dealer, including the famous Horatio Alger books. Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer Or, The Stranger in Camp Mr. Webster's style Is very much like that of the boys' favorite author, the late lamented Horatio Alger, Jr., but his tales are thoroughly up-to-date. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X Horatio Alger, Jr., has attained distinction as one of the most popular of books for boys, and the following list comprises all of his best books. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia Then, there are the works of Horatio Alger, Jr., whose keen insight into the minds of the boys of our country has enabled him to write a series of the most interesting tales ever published. A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy By Horatio Alger, Jr. The Boy's Writer A series of books known to all boys; books that are good and wholesome, with enough "ginger" in them to suit the tastes of the younger generation. How It All Came Round Next to Louisa Alcott's books in my esteem were boys' books of adventure, many of them by Horatio Alger; and I read all, I suppose, of the Rollo books, by Jacob Abbott. The Promised Land The Horatio Alger note is dominant throughout the story of young Edward's boyhood. Love Conquers All Of course no one ever really made a speech like that to himself, even in the Horatio Alger books. Half Portions There will always be a warm spot in my heart and a nook on my private shelf for Oliver Optic and Horatio Alger. A Librarian's Open Shelf "The Cash Boy," by Horatio Alger, Jr., as the name implies, is a story about a boy and for boys. The Cash Boy He could see them now, with their worn brown covers and crude pictures: "The Luck and Pluck Series," by Horatio Alger; "Live or Die," "Rough and Ready," etc. King Coal : a Novel Horatio Alger, Jr., in "Facing the World," gives us as his hero a boy whose parents have both died and the man appointed as his guardian is unjust and unkind to him. Facing the World Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at Revere, Mass., January 18, 1884. Bound to Rise Evidently some one connected with the General Fuel Company had read Horatio Alger! King Coal : a Novel |
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