Word: braved
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brave Heart. The Dewey train was homeward bound. Optimism filled the eastbound streamliner. Said the Governor: "I think I re-established my roots in the West...
Indians hired to give frontier flavor to the Calgary Stampede (TIME, July 21) are paid on a graduated scale for all services rendered: $5 to a chief, $3 to a sub-chief, $1 to every brave, squaw and papoose for each parade; $5 for the best-dressed buck and squaw; $2 to $7 for each Indian race. They want more. Last week, with the help of Paleface John Laurie, Calgary schoolteacher, they presented their demands...
...Broadly, the reason has been a confusion of statesmanship and politics, leading to such asinine Republican challenges as. "No tax relief, no European relief." Sinking back comfortably into their trust in man's supposed basic selfishness, these Congressional leaders based their political hopes on a fantastic combination of a brave, new isolationism and a hideous fear of Russia. But while a great deal of bumbling has been done about communism, labor unions, and government controls, none of which are especially dangerous to the country's welfare, time has been passing right along...
Undaunted, Goldschmidt was in his customary Seat 373 when the next Paray concert began. It was a brave, if foolhardy, decision. At intermission time Madame Paray rushed over to him and screamed: "How dare you come here? I won't stand for your presence!" Then she slapped his face. From all sides his old enemies-conductors, impresarios and artists-closed in, eager to settle old scores. They pummeled the hapless critic, and kicked him right into the street...
Those words, addressed "to the Terrorists of Palestine," first appeared in full-page ads in the New York Herald Tribune and other U.S. papers last month. The ad asked millions for "medical relief and humanitarian aid." It concluded: "Hang on, brave friends, our money...