Word: heartening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...among neutrals abroad. The pattern of propaganda remains the same, though varying in degree and accent according to the country it comes from. The threefold task of propaganda ministries will still be in World War II as it was in World War I: 1) to undermine enemy morale; 2) hearten home forces; 3) give neutrals the very best impression possible...
...Loyalist soldiers, better fed than the civilian population, got a half bottle of beer apiece, a few pieces of candy, a dinner of chick-pea soup, meat stew with potatoes, and coffee. The Rebels enjoyed two hot meals like this every day, plus a special coffee ration to hearten them through the freezing cold weather...
...Ingram produced a silent cinema version. Last week Producer David Selznick gave this colorful hardy perennial the finest treatment it has ever had. Slicked up by Screenwriters Wells Root and John L. Balderston, well-cast, well-acted and beautifully staged, The Prisoner of Zenda will hardly hearten those who want Hollywood to skate out where the ice is thinner (see p. 33) but will certainly give cinemaddicts a rare good show for their money...
...believe this spirit emanates from the whole people." Until last week that was the only political pronouncement the grey-eyed, gracious widow of Calvin Coolidge had made since his death. Last week before 1,500 applauding Massachusetts Republicans she appeared at Heaton Hall in swank Stockbridge to eulogize and hearten her State's Republican candidates, to predict for them a sweeping victory in next month's elections...
...Billions of dollars of invested capital have today a greater security of present and future earning power....." ". . . Gains of trade and industry, as a whole, have been substantial.... There are assurances that hearten all forward-looking men and women...