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Значения термина captain of industry на английском

A wealthy and powerful business person.

        Использование термина captain of industry на английском
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        This is the intellect of the captain of industry, of the multi-millionaire.
        Analyzing Character / The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in...
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        He left no stain on the escutcheon of a captain of industry.
        Lectures and Essays
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        A damned blood-sucking blackmailer was that simple, strenuous, self-made captain of industry.
        The Man Who Knew Too Much
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        Then the creature is a fraud even as a captain of industry!
        Heartbreak House
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        The insights of our latest captain of industry would be welcome.
        The Guardian
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        Nelson, the philanthropic captain of industry in St. Louis, story of the war.
        The Last Leaf / Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men ...
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        It proves that even someone like you can become a captain of industry.'
        Breathe
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        But I don't pose as a ' captain of industry' or 'promoter of civilization.'
        The Cost
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        Nor is he likely to own a railroad, or be a captain of industry.
        Vanishing Roads and Other Essays
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        Carnegie, the great captain of industry, is a typical representative of the leaders of this age.
        Fifty Years of Public Service / Personal Recollections of Shelby...
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        He was a captain of industry, this guy.
        Lit: a memoir
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        You'd make a better ambassador than an active captain of industry, anyhow, she said with conviction.
        The Bent Twig
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        He was a captain of industry; international reputation; ennobled; the not undistinguished son of a great father.
        The Indian Lily and Other Stories
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        And so this captain of industry smiled and hearkened for the first gun of the expected salute.
        Dan Merrithew
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        As fast as pecuniary transactions are reduced to routine, the captain of industry can be dispensed with.
        The Theory of the Leisure Class
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        Here is this brilliant, ambitious, driven woman, and in today's world she would have been captain of industry.
        The new yorker