Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...black man's paper Inkundhla ya Bantu warned: "The old generation of Africans who believed in resolutions, deputations, petitions and peaceful conciliations is fast dying out . . . There is growing among . . . African youth a spirit of almost uncontrollable anti-whiteism...
...France's N.A.M.), which has 880,140 members and remains suspicious of the Young Employers' radical views. But the Young Employers are tireless evangelists. Originally their group was limited to employers under 40; now there is no age qualification, but members are expected to be "young in spirit...
...human side, the U.S. deal with Newfoundland looked every bit as sound. In 1940 President Roosevelt, announcing the 99-year lease of the bases from England, had called them "gifts, generously given and gratefully received." Since then, both sides seemed to live up to the spirit of the exchange. Some 900 U.S. servicemen married Newfoundland girls. Yank troops visited Newfoundlanders' homes; islanders were invited to the Americans' parties and theaters. To all appearances, the hospitable Newfies and the free-spending Yanks had worked out a near-perfect landlord & tenant arrangement with never a thought of breaking the lease...
...seen a performance that was astonishingly close to perfection, and had witnessed the first successful attempt in years to return elegance and the classical spirit to the Western ballet. Both had been brought to the U.S. by England's Sadler's Wells Ballet. With its gifts, Sadler's Wells had also brought Margot Fonteyn, its prima ballerina, a dancer fit to be ranked with the alltime greats...
Gallagher stressed the necessity for organization in the profession and a spirit of public service among its members. Lawyers, he stated, are engaged in helping the public service and therefore need to have such a spirit...