Word: ardent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...masses of his countrymen his purposes and his character were an open book. They loved him well because they understood him well-his passion for justice, his championship of the cause of the exploited and the downtrodden, his ardent and flaming patriotism...
...cinema: of a heart attack; in Hollywood. He went to Hollywood in 1915, rose through the ranks of film extras, finally starred in The Big Parade, won a $500,000 contract with MGM. Though he preferred characters that "live, breathe and sweat," fandom worshipped him as Garbo's ardent lover in Flesh and the Devil, Love. A squeaky voice doomed his talkie career, and he faded from public view. At the modest Hollywood funeral were two of his four divorced wives...
...worrying fact about U. S. foxhunting is its brief, comparatively traditionless history. Author Peters faces the fact, avers time will tell it differently, reminds his supporters that George Washington, though he may not have dressed the part, was an ardent pursuer of foxes. Chief differences between U. S. and English hunting are of climate and country: "Our days are not so long, our distances, curious as it may seem, not so great, and our going, except for the damage of frozen ground, not so severe on horses." But to hedge-jumping British riders U. S. post-&-rail fences seem high...
...disposition: silent Norwegian determination. His habits : abstemious. His appearance: well-groomed. His instinct: righteous conservatism in everything except politics. Until two years ago he was a bank cashier in his native Appleton. Minn., a man who displayed his deep-seated ambition by being hardworking, meticulous, self-denying and an ardent Farmer-Laborite. Then Governor Olson made him State Securities Commissioner, later State Banking Commissioner. His appointment to the Senate last week gave him his cue, and he launched into the political theme song which fellow Senators may expect to hear whenever he speaks: "The reactionary elements of our country which...
...more I have felt bound to endeavor to put through a peaceful settlement. ... It is understood that the Paris proposals [The Deal] are dead, but the road to conciliation remains open. . . . My will is not broken because it has proved a failure! . . . I shall persevere, whatever happens, in ardent, untiring action for peace." This was throwing down the gauntlet with a vengeance-a supreme act of po- litical courage. With an entire world of sympathy for poor little Ethiopia and the poor big League of Nations pullulating around him, Peasant Laval could almost be seen to dig his toes into...