Word: spirit
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...Actually, the parasitic relationship of the HFPA to the movie industry is part of its raffish charm. The group was founded in 1945, the same year as the United Nations, and in the spirit of postwar amity its first awards list included a citation for Best Film for Promoting International Good Will. But the Association soon found a way to distinguish itself from the Oscars: by giving prizes for people who don't win Oscars. In 1950 it instituted a Most Promising Newcomer award. (What the young actors had to promise the members remained vague.) This was the category that...
...What was huge was that there was so much team spirit [after the first period] because we had just all talked about what we needed to do and what we needed to change,” Vaillancourt said...
...couldn't understand it. Here was the leader of the expedition, the big wheel, why should he be so desperately keen to beat someone who was a great deal younger than he was? I was physically strong back then, and I acclimatized well, and I had quite a competitive spirit. Technically, I was a good snow-and-ice technician, as far as the standards in those days went. I was a good step-cutter, and could climb incredible snow and ice pretty effectively. Things have changed so much that the technical ability of people like Messner is greatly superior...
...realistic," for not understanding that it takes experience to make change happen. It reminded me of an unhappy adult scolding a six-year-old that he's too old to continue believing in Santa Claus. Most of us have a fondness for Santa, at least for the spirit of goodwill and giving that he represents...
...Faust says “This Republic of Suffering,” was written in the same spirit even though it may not elicit the same kind of responses. The book uses soldiers’ letters to examine the impact that the omnipresence of death had on individuals and on the nation collectively...