Word: ardor
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...general crusading ardor of the "war to end war" there were few who believed war as such wholly wrong. There were fewer still who had enough faith in principle to refuse to fight in the face of the bitter and contemptuous accusations of disloyalty and cowardice heaped upon them by the public and friends alike. If war comes again, there will be a greater number of resisters than in 1917. But what influence will they have? How many will stand firm in the face of the obloquy they are almost certain to have to endure? The answer depends upon...
Giddily, the Memorial Hall Clock let the wind caress her early yesterday morning in a manner reminiscent of her poignant Civil War days. But the ardor of her lusty suitor sent blood to one of her four faces so rapidly that it lost all sense of time...
...last week when he closed his Philharmonic engagement. Previously he had conducted unfamiliar music which left his listeners doubtful. But with the Sibelius Fifth Symphony he proved himself worthy of the master Finn's approval. His gestures were no longer cramped and self-consciously sub- dued. In his ardor he ripped open his coat sleeve but no one thought of snickering. Sibelius had been presented in all his strength and clarity. Even the orchestramen who set their standards by Arturo Toscanini clapped on their instruments for young Werner Janssen...
...Dealers in Washington did not look on Mayor Kelly & friends with much Democratic warmth and ardor. Their recommendations for Federal patronage were pigeonholed and other Democrats, not of their clique, got coveted appointments. None of this was a cheering prelude to the fact that Chicago must elect a new Mayor next spring. But last fortnight the New Deal swept the nation. Its results were glorious for Mr. Kelly. All his friends up for office in local elections won handily...
Dampening the ardor of a large group of philanthropic workers, President Roosevelt chopped down their sweeping social security program to one subject for early enactment, unemployment insurance. Refusing to allow the national government to assume the entire burden of such a plan, he insisted that this "part of social insurance should be a cooperative federal-state undertaking...