Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those serving in the fighting ranks by appealing to the righteousness of one cause over another. They know that in this way a greater driving impulse will be cultivated. In many wars in the past one side has lost because the men fighting have had no spirit or faith in the thing they were fighting for. This has been especially true when mercenary troops have been used or when the people whose country was being invaded by enemy armies were in sympathy with the invader. One reason why the American Revolution against one of the largest nations in the world...
Washington, April 24 (UP)--President Roosevelt today demonstrated his faith in Rexford Guy Tugwell, No. 1 Brain Truster--and according to Dr. William A. Wirt, master mind "Red Plotter" -- by advancing him to the new position of Undersecretary of Agriculture...
...respect of conservatives and radicals alike is Ernest Bloch, Jew by blood, Swiss by birth, American by citizenship. Everyone who knows of Bloch knows he is a Jew. His greatest works declaim the suffering of the Hebrews, their religious exaltation. Last week in Manhattan Bloch's faith and eloquence were manifested again in the U. S. premiere of his Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), a setting for the liturgical texts used in the Hebrew temple. Composer Bloch conducted the performance, given by the 250 choristers of the New York Schola Cantorum, 80 members of the Philharmonic-Symphony and Baritone Friedrich...
...behaved branch organization with all the badges and regalia of the Elks; Odd-Fellows, and the Legion, but also good-behavior and disinterestedness. Their program is bright and entertaining, as desired. But before the Daughters can hope to enlist youth, especially students in a program of "talking America up," faith in government, and country; they will have to yank themselves out of the political picture and indulge in some honest introspection and in the historical study of America from the time of the Funding Fathers to the present day. They should then assure themselves that the government, as represented...
...President's veto has been branded as cowardly by most of the reputable newspapers in the country. The present tax levy is, of course, the direct result of this lobbied legislation; and the adoption of the Finance Committee's Phillipine amendment, which is at best a violation of faith, is the direct result of selfish pressure being brought to bear by the farm interests...