Word: onwardness
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...Onward Christian Soldiers. In Saskatchewan, a returned antitank battery explained why it was called the "Pious 65th": it boasted three Bishops, two Parsons, one Churchman and one Goodenough...
...They were informed that the flight had been canceled. Late that night, they were called again. The flight had been rescheduled-but only as far as Shannon, Eire. Said Pan American mysteriously: "This situation arises from Government restrictions [cutting] flight schedules . . . to London. We can give no assurance of onward transportation from Ireland...
...Wilson" is narratively almost as historically correct as the movies could make it. Everything is there: the brass bands booming down the aisles in a "Win with Wilson" rally; the tremendous voice of William Jennings Bryan at the 1916 Democratic convention to a background of "Onward Christian Soldiers"; the swelling enthusiasm of the American people for the first world...
...foundations of Europe's civilization. Through their underground in Poland and their army (about 250,000) in Italy and elsewhere in Europe, through their intrepid air force, they had waged war against Germany until the end. But history was against them. Their country lay in the onward path of Poland's traditional enemy, Russia, which now embodied the new revolutionary social forces that were changing old Europe. And in weight and density of power they were no match for Russia. Besides, the world was weary of war and wanted to get back to peaceful living. If the Polish...
...Five Points, the city's center, the sidewalks were jammed. Open windows were crammed with heads; flags (including the Confederate) flapped in the breeze. A paper snow storm drifted down and a Salvation Army band blared Onward, Christian Soldiers...