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Word: spirited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Empey seems to be that person we have heard about, but never seen--the man who smiles when everything is going wrong. He has the spirit which does not stop because of handicaps. Although he has witnessed the horrors of war and has had to undergo severe hardships, yet he looks back at Mars, and jokes. The man who can smile at his troubles is always well liked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EMPEY. | 10/26/1917 | See Source »

...informals are showing a commendable spirit. With the large amount of time which military and naval activities take, it is remarkable that as much interest has been taken in football this year as is in evidence here today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAUGHTON AT PRACTICE | 10/24/1917 | See Source »

...should a shorter day be asked. The sacrifice that is most immediately in the laborer's power is work, increased and steady work. Albert Thomas, the French socialist, told every French workman that his country expected him to work "even to sickness, and even to death." Such is the spirit that France has shown; such is the spirit that should be shown in America as well. And until it is shown by every class, we shall not be working with our maximum power in the cause for which our army is fighting and ready to die in France today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WARTIME STRIKES. | 10/24/1917 | See Source »

...located clubs to which they may go and meet their friends when on leave or in the vicinity. Such organizations, confined heretofore, to members of one college only, have been a source of much pleasure and convenience to members and have been a natural means of keeping alive the spirit and acquaintance developed while in college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLLEGE UNION IN PARIS. | 10/22/1917 | See Source »

...guns, some are still in civilians. Felt hats will vie with derbies in the rookie's equipment. Guns will be at every angle, many of the men in each company will be out of step. All this is to warn the public not to expect too much. Yet the spirit is there. The members of the corps have been doing extra voluntary drill day after day. Five or six hours is the maximum the average have been under military dicipline and, keeping that in mind, the progress has been excellent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REVIEW. | 10/20/1917 | See Source »

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