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Word: spirited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...size he surpasses all other terrestrial creatures, and by his intelligence, he makes as near an Approach to Man, as Matter can approach Spirit," said the blurbs on the 1797 advertising posters. And, indeed, he did approach spirit expertly in drinking thirty bottles of porter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: America's First Elephant at Harvard Graduation Exercises in 18th Century Tour of the Continent | 10/6/1934 | See Source »

...unfortunate, and scarcely in line with the liberal traditions of which Harvard is pardonably proud. Other considerations aside, whatever the decision of the Corporation, Hanfstaengl's offer was a friendly gesture, and it is regrettable that the Corporation could not have treated it as such, answering it in the spirit in which it was given...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OBITER DICTUM | 10/4/1934 | See Source »

...hope of averting such a blow to Democratic prestige that the radio address was conceived, it was in this spirit that it was delivered, and with the average man, the Boston Herald to the contrary, in this purpose it is quite likely to succeed. DAEDALUS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 10/4/1934 | See Source »

...common law, you as students in this law school are already members of the profession. Become imbued at the outset with the professional spirit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAW SCHOOL MEN ADDRESSED LAST NIGHT BY CONANT | 10/3/1934 | See Source »

...resumed "in my lifetime only under my direction." Since April the little man has been stoned and bombed. And last week he announced that he will soon visit the Afghan border to support his Afghan disciple, Abdul Gaffur Khan ("The Frontier Gandhi"), and "gauge the strength of the spirit of non-violence among the tribes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Good v. Pleasant | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

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