Word: heroism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...disclosures of last week revealed that the French, while too polite to employ the Kaiser's adjective, recall how much squabbling there was between British and French commanders in 1914-18. They fear that the necessarily small British Army may have been more trouble than its heroism was worth. Putting this even more politely the New York Times observed last week: "French generals are not certain that they want another British Expeditionary Force on their flank clogging their roads and transport facilities...
...their unexpected recognition of General Franco's rebel bands Mussolini and Hitler are playing a gambler's last card. The defense of Madrid by the constitutional government of Spain during the past two weeks has been a spectacle of heroism and determination equalled by nothing in this or any other recent war. In the reports of impartial observers that each day the Loyalists show an increased strength and promise lies the key to Germany's and Italy's recognition...
...Brussels palace, King Leopold III of the Belgians entertained at dinner 64 coal miners and their families as a tribute to the men's heroism during a Bouverie mine disaster last month...
...Gentlemen, we thank you! When in 1918 desperation ruled Germany, you cherished our great heritage. When cowardice was in the ascendant you continued to sing of the German man's eternal heroism. At a time when men without honor governed, you stood for German honor...
...self-conscious hero, Lewis writes little of the spectacular deeds of heroism that usually fill such memoirs. He loved flying for its own sake-to get up above the clouds and stare at the "level plain of radiant whiteness, sparkling in the sun" when the unearthly light seemed to permeate every atom of air in the "dazzling, perfect basin of blue." Then he was as happy, he felt, as he could ever be. A rainbow at that height was not an arc but a perfect circle. He could dive and turn to watch the shadow of his plane...