Walla
[wɔlә]
Definition
n. a worker agent: fellow.—Competition wallah a term applied in Anglo-Indian colloquial speech to a member of the Civil Service who obtained appointment by the competitive system instituted in 1856.
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Examples
- I refer to Mr. Graham Wallas. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Readers of the Fabian Essays know Mr. Wallas and appreciate the work of his group. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is this weakness that Mr. Wallas comes to remedy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Graham Wallas touched the cause of the trouble when he pointed out that political science to-day discusses institutions and ignores the nature of the men who make and live under them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As Graham Wallas is endeavoring to make human nature the center of politics, so James made it the center of religions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Wallas takes exactly the same position as William James did when he planned a moral equivalent for war. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But it remained for Mr. Wallas to state the philosophy of the matter--to say why the study of human nature must serve politics, and to point out how. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Now in making that statement, I am aware that it is a sweeping one, and I do not mean to imply that Mr. Wallas is the only modern man who has tried to think about politics psychologically. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No one, least of all Mr. Wallas, would claim anything like finality for the essay. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Wallas's book and the special literature of the subject leave no doubt that a precise political psychology is far off indeed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Wallas has called a halt. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- True, Mr. Wallas works with a psychology that is fairly well superseded. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That practical issues hang upon these investigations can be shown by an example from Mr. Wallas's book. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Graham Wallas was a candidate in five municipal elections, and has held an important office as member of the London County Council. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Wallas seems to have had much the same experience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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