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Word: sana (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plan is the fact that there is, at present; no trophy. If "athletics for all" is to be furthered, some kind alumnus must donate a trophy whose slight cost would be infinitesimal compared to the good it would do in spurring each Harvard undergraduate on to develop a "mens sana in corpore sano...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPIRITS FROM A CUP | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

Martin Sr. believes in the mens sana in corpore sano. So does Martin Jr., who as a boy had a violent temper, would some times smash his golf clubs. But as his game improved, so did his self-restraint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETS: Mr. Chocolate | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

...Testament in which they tell their contemporaries what they think of them by means of appropriate bequests. To the Church of England they leave, among other things, "the Chief Scout's horn, a secondhand curate's font;" to bicycle, the and a English portable Public Schools, "mens sana qui mal y pense;" to Sir string;" to Robert square-headed Baden-Powell, pegs "a living piece in of the world's round holes, "our cheerfulness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poets' Account | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

...average undergraduate. The report although brief and factual to a degree which prevents the casual reader from readily understanding the heavy work and the slowly-maturing sports philosophy which lies behind it rings the gong. It shows the best line of attack on the old problem of mens sana in corpore sano--still a very real one for all the bilge that has been said and written about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRASS TACKS | 3/26/1937 | See Source »

Suddenly at week's end frugal Yahya put his troublesome son behind him and sued for peace. Ibn Saud nailed home his conditions and declared an armistice. Hungrily his three armies halted in their tracks outside Sana. Britain, France and Italy waited anxiously to find out whether Yahya had lost his throne as well as his power and prestige...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARABIA: Fall of Yemen (Cont'd) | 5/21/1934 | See Source »

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