Word: gallant
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...Franklin Roosevelt yet led his people in such a gallant, courageous fight as Winston Churchill has led the British...
...morning of Halloween, a grizzled old (73) French-Canadian prospector named Francois Xavier Gallant borrowed a friend's automobile, drove to Creighton (pop. 2,000), got busy with ax and compass. As the sun went down, he walked into the recorder's office, registered eight mining claims to 320 acres of land. Part of it was dotted with Creighton houses...
Explained pleased Lawyer Stirrett: "Mr.Gallant is my client. ... I informed Mr. Gallant that in my opinion these lots were open for staking." Said old Francois Gallant: "A fellow gave me $5 to do it and I did it, for at my age a fellow must work...
...However, I understand that my client [and another prospector who helped Gallant] are offering these 320 acres for sale. They want $10,000 a claim, or $80,000 all told. They are putting up a property-for-sale sign to advertise...
...mother's head toward the platform, finally locating the defeated President. Vag followed the fixed stare of the man's eyes down to the end of the cane which rested beside him; and then, looking at the worried face, Vag tried to pierce into the throughts of this gallant leader of the war days. Peace promises had been flung back in the President's face by a Senate bloc which knew that a two-thirds majority was necessary to ratify treaties. The Senate had adjourned and hurried home to campaign--many Senators fanning the hates and fears engendered...