Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That, had his spirit not been strong...
...early drypoints had described the hollow shell of a vanished culture, and done it literally. "The important things today," he says, "are first the chaos, murder, rape and war in the world; and second, the spirit of scientific inquiry, the interest in atoms and cellular growth." He thinks his new paintings reflect a little of the science, if not of the chaos...
...pleased with the progress of the team, as it rounds out its next-to-last week of spring practice. He is surprised at the amount of spirit shown by everyone. Candidates started the training period with so much pep that Valpey had to tone down practice sessions, keeping them quiet as possible, so that players could concentrate on absorbing the fundamentals of the Crisler system...
...Beware the servants of Armstrong; for they poreth mightily over the Racing Form and the Tip Sheet, but they heedeth not the spirit of the horse on that day nor that which the horse hath eaten at Breakfast; and I say verily they will have their reward...
What Frankfurt lacks in supplies, it makes up in spirit. Explained one university official: "The days when a German campus was a place for dueling, beer-drinking and pranks are over. These students study as though their lives depended on it." As at U.S. colleges, most of Frankfurt's 4,840 students are war veterans (many seats are reserved for amputees). Knowing that many of their listeners still think like Nazis, the visitors plan to include doses of John Locke and Anglo-American political documents...