Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nominate for the Man of the Year, the guiding spirit and planner behind the motivations and machinations of Joe Communist, one Joseph Stalin of the U.S.S.R...
...morning, the division did not budge. "In this context of all-round poor performance by the 27th Division," Howlin' Mad wrote, he took map in hand and went to see the overall operation commander, Admiral Raymond Spruance. He told him: "Ralph Smith has demonstrated that he lacks aggressive spirit and his division is slowing down our advance. He should be relieved." Spruance concurred. Jarman took over the division...
...Spirit Higher...
According to Yale undergraduates, college spirit runs higher at Yale than House spirit in Cambridge, and the colleges have far less difficulty in recruiting 11 men for intra-mural football games...
...sidewalks as the yell boomed back at him from the walls. Green bags turned slowly and stared at him; the gray flannels glared. This time the people turned around and blocked his way; as he crossed the street, all the cars seemed to leap at him. There was some spirit after all. Vag jumped back quickly, but with a smile on his face. Hitching up his tie, he walked confidently back toward the Pro. The Harvard-Yale rivalry was still around--he would drink to it, after The Game...