Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Like the sea's ebb and flow, the spirit of naval disarmament rises and falls with the coming and going of governments. Last week President Hoover sent it billowing up the beach of popular expectation with fresh momentum...
...position he held until he became a Senator. A bookish man behind large spectacles, he writes with more force than he speaks. His speeches in behalf of reapportionment in the Senate were marked with more constitutional zeal than oratorical brilliance. His chief address brimmed with these phrases: "The spirit of the Constitution," "The integrity and equity of the House," "an outrage upon the Constitution," "A solemn, sober challenge to the American conscience," "self-government crumbles...
Fifty women, representing 17 states, met in Chicago, formed the Woman's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. Mrs. Sabin, leading spirit, was chosen chairman. The purpose: to enlist five million women to fight Prohibition, to favor Temperance...
...looks as if we shall hold the balance. That is a very responsible position and we shall make no unfair use of it. We certainly shall not use it in a haggling spirit, but for the best interests of the country. The King's government must be carried on, and it is essential that it should be steady...
...this big thing called college spirit simply a myth? Is this even bigger thing called "The Old Vermont Spirit" just an empty bubble? We hardly think so. We don't want to think so. We'd rather believe that you're right behind "Larry" Gardner he too, deserves your loyal support. Vermont Cynic