Word: dauntlessness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...questions of the man at the wheel." At midcentury, Protean Pablo is still grasping the wheel of modern art, and most people are still wondering whether the boat is hopelessly lost or merely off on an extended voyage of exploration. This week in Europe, hundreds of dauntless American ladies and their husbands were once again doggedly searching for a first-hand answer...
...most foul-mouthed efforts. This decadence has even seeped into the British army, Graves avers; but since Britons do their best with their backs to the wall, a few drill sergeants here and there are fighting a magnificent rearguard action. When "positive swearing" fails to impress their rookies, these dauntless bulldogs fall back on the finer, far-more-difficult art of "negative swearing," i.e., not swearing at all. This art is shown in its finest flower by the following little story, told by a desperate physical instructor to his squad...