Word: sisu
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...they started churning around the Garden boards-Maki, loping along with hands held low like a cross-country runner-chesty, short-legged Greg Rice showing that he had as much sisu (fighting spirit) as any Finn. Mincing along in his pony gait, he stuck to Maki's heels, moving forward when Maki (coached by Tutor Nurmi, standing stop watch in hand in the infield) moved forward. For 31 laps the Notre Damer and the Finn were so close together that the Miraculous Medal on Rice's chest practically beat a tattoo on Maki's back...
...Finns did not despair or complain. The one thing in their country that seemed unimpaired was their sisu (in American: guts). Where the softer Liths and Latvians and Estonians had scared out cheaply, the Finns had once again proven their durability and burnished their national honor. They had incidentally made it plain to the Russians that they would be a very troublesome people to govern, and if any net gain had accrued in putting up a game but hopeless fight instead of selling out for bargain rates to begin with, this...
...eight months old) of Finnish descent tore the cover of TIME [picturing Joseph Stalin] in half as soon as the mail was brought into the house. I am wondering if this is the so-called Finnish sisu...
Finland's wiry old peasant President, Kyosti Kallio-73 years old and full of sisu (courage)-last week thought up a new scheme to get supplies for his country. To the New York Times's Correspondent Harold Denny he said...
...adoption would be to provide airplanes and anti-aircraft guns. President Kallio was ready to promise that the planes would not operate beyond Finnish borders or against planes or troops engaged in genuine military operations. Said he: "Every attack in which Finns shoot down Russian planes strengthens Finnish sisu...