Word: braving
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Western (Christian) Civilization we still have left the conception of heroism based on the Arthurian Cycle. Mothers still tell their children tales of the strong and the brave who conquer the wicked, cruel giant or dragon or witch. It seems a little too much to swallow when St. George deliberately goes up to the Dragon to be decorated...
...place by the fire, and politicos with second sight could already see Winston Churchill snuggled into a reorganized Chamberlain Cabinet, probably as First Lord of the Admiralty, the post he filled brilliantly during the World War. In any case, with this great reconciliation a united Conservative Party could brave not only the perils of German aggression, but the prospects of a general election in the fall...
Kudized last week: Grover Aloyslus Whalen, honorary LL. D. from New York University (punned orotund Candidate Presenter Harold 0. Voorhis: "Veritably, may we say of this man of the World of Tomorrow as did John Dryden say of Alexander of Macedon, 'None but the Brave deserves the Fair' ") ; Explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd, Doctor of Fortitude and Faith, from Pennsylvania's Beaver College. (During the ceremonies, Dr. Byrd's head proved too big for his hood, which had to be unstitched...
Germany thinks its brave And so do all its knaves Germany is nuts Germany is in the ruts...
...stayed in the background, playing a less conspicuous but no less effective role. II Duce sent not only airmen but infantrymen to help Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquer the stubborn Spanish Republicans. Spectacularly he took over the strategic island of Majorca as a bombing base, bombastically he bragged about the brave exploits of his legionnaires...