Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spirit the arrow...
...yesterday's presidential act creating the National Industrial Recovery Board probably looms as large and significant in its implications as any other specific act of the administration since NRA's inception. The change is, of course, in line with the President's oft-reiterated statement that nothing except the spirit of the NRA can be regarded as permanent, but the face-saving value of this statement now becomes evident as never before proffered though it was in all sincerity...
...Conant advised applying the analogy to business. "The old alchemists, a very secretive crowd, who tried to keep for themselves the secret of their art, had only a casual regard for the truth. But the revolution came with a pamphlet entitled "The Skeptical Chemist' . . . . I think a skeptical spirit is to be recommended in studying business procedures...
...shining example of Cliff Battles backs up his contention. Consequently, the Redskins mentor has made use of his wide acquaintance among the coaches of the country and brought under his wing some two dozen potentially great football players who are eagerly at work at Wayland. The aggressive spirit and enthusiasm of the squad angers well for its success this season under the astute tutelage of Lone Star Dietz...
When Captain Charles Augustus Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis (NR 211) to Paris in 1927, the world called him "Lucky Lindy." Last year when Col. Lindbergh & wife flew their Lockheed Sirius monoplane Tingmissartoq (NR 211 No. 2) around the North and South Atlantic, the Lindbergh luck still held. Few weeks ago Col. Lindbergh acquired a third plane with the historic license number NR 211. It was a fast little Monocoupe especially built for him in St. Louis...