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...matter how misguided their ideal, as we see it, they supported their deal with valor and surrendered their lives to what they considered truth; hence, they are entitled to the name of hero and martyr. Heroism transcends the fleeting concepts of any single group or time. It must bespeak a noble answer to the call set forth in the past as well as in the present. That "those who died in 1914-18 were ... led to believe that they could attain a sweet and lasting peace through brutal and coarse killings" is a statement as brutal and coarse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: War and Peace | 11/16/1932 | See Source »

...student protest. Three members of this year's varsity, headed by the renowned "Albie" Booth, have joined with Coach Stevens in deploring the exposure of first-team men to the grave risk of lost games. They assert that Yale teams "have been winning teams for sixty years," and they bespeak tender solicitude for a "splendid record" and a "noble heritage." The Yale Daily News fears "the complete obliteration of Yale's athletic traditions." The Harvard CRIMSON and the Daily Dartmouth, on the other hand, support the Yale committee's proposals, an approval which, we fear, may not be construed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 6/15/1932 | See Source »

...accordance with an American's concept of an Englishman's concept of an American college study. When we returned, Mr. Boyd-Carpenter found his couch surrounded by beer, gin, and whiskey bottles, the walls covered with choice excerpts from "Ballyhoo" and "College Humor." Mr. Boyd-Carpenter's conclusions bespeak the complete success of the "decor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Britain's Bouquet | 3/10/1932 | See Source »

...humbly tries to follow this up, she turns on him angrily with: "I'm not so hard up I got to walk with scarecrows like, you!" She certainly is not "hard up." The toss of her head, the swing of her hips as she walked away from Jencic, bespeak an alley queen who can pick and change her lovers as she chooses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Peasant-Citizen | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

...energies and imagination must have fuller play. . . . And so I have tendered my resignation, turned the ship back to its captain. With this statement I climb down the pilot's ladder to an argosy of dreams. I am now the proprietor of a New York daily. . . . I only bespeak the patience of friends and public for time to 'Build My Rome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Kobler's Dreams | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

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