Word: esprit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...girl, was Jack Haley, an infallible absurdity. When he broached the matter of his grandmother's bed, someone suggested that it was probably one of those beds George Washington had slept in. "We could never get Grandma to admit it." said the unilateral Haley. More samples of locker room esprit were forthcoming; John Sheehun, a sturdier comedian, described taking a bath as "dunking the body...
...Saint Esprit (No. 45 East 27th street), where Protestant Episcopal services are conducted in French...
This narrative poem has an indescribable esprit which savors of an epic tempered by modern interpretation. If one can get through the rather vague invocation, the remainder of the poem really pulls one on. Stephen Benet has charmingly combined a uniquely modern and sincere patriotism with an equally rare sense of proportion. Yet throughout the course of events which he vividly depicts--here in minute detail--there is sweeping epic style--and here again with a touch of human sympathy--one finds that justice has been a main chord. South and North, each has its turn--probably the reason both...
...bring before the students, in a lecture program distinguished men on subjects of informal and general medical interest. We have endeavored in the last two years by thoughtful choice of speakers, careful selection of day and time and judicious advertising to build up toward our lectures an enthusiastic esprit de corps. The results have, we believe, repaid the efforts. Besides the reception, our program has been as follows...
...playground for pedantry, enchanted with the name "Old Master", but devoid of significant, spontaneous vitality. In the current exhibition, there are but fifteen men represented, but the collective gesture of those fifteen is sufficient for a long period or art history and for many phases of genius. For such "esprit", there are few boundries. Individuality is easily discernable...