Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whole spirit of the confrontation changed when some 500 demonstrators broke through the line of MP's from the North and raced toward the Mall entrance. While only two or three of the demonstrators actually made it to the door, hundreds of them sat down near the entrance. A number of them were lugged off to paddy wagons. Those who remained, still hemmed in by the MP's, began to settle down for the night. By then, many of the reporters decided that the action was over and that they had worked a full day. But in truth the violence...
...unsteady beau, Nat, Bob Noonoo has the evening's liveliest songs-and Noonoo brings them off with spirit. Whether he is laughing it up with the boys or merely stating his carnets unfulfilled intention to his ever-patient Lilly, Noonoo always remains pitifully earnest and credible. Burlesque in this role would be a tragedy, and Noonoo happily avoids the temptation to ham like the plague...
Thus it appeared to be a relief for Nixon to leave Washington and return to an activity that seems to refresh his spirit. He engaged in his first wholly partisan political stumping since he took office. Campaigning for Republican gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey. Nixon mentioned the war only once -and that was to tell an airport crowd in Morristown, N.J., to be sure to listen to his speech this week "on that particular matter...
...Dennis chants, "Spring equinox, golden son of the mountains, illumine the land!" The blonde, whose name is Leslie, says, "Little things are going wrong, and I know it can't be just bad luck." "Leslie's karma has been messed up," Dennis explains. "We have to locate the spirit." The whole group slides closer to Leslie, and all place hands on her body. "Where do you feel it?" he asks. "In my stomach and thighs," says Leslie. "Oh, boy!" says Dennis. "I want you to just breathe in and out, really hard." Everybody presses down on Leslie. "You're hurting...
...varsity, on the other hand, is progressing well at this point. Harrison thinks the reasons for this improvement are a smaller squad, a better understanding by the players of what their coach wants. and a better attitude. "The overall spirit is a lot better this year." he said...