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Word: spirited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Perhaps, however, "patriotism" refuses to admit this. All right, say "Wilderness and Cold Harbor-and the 1st Bull Run, and Antietam and Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg" before spirit succumbed to might-as in Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...Spirit and Might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...with only one really outstanding star, Hodder has had a difficult situation in his first year at the new job, and the team's record of four wins, four losses, and one deadlock to date, is actually a fine tribute to the system of Hodder's coaching and the spirit of his charges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/21/1939 | See Source »

...authors' fond hope, in portraying such girlish fun, "to capture the spirit of New York's glittering and legendary years." To their idyllic plot they have added an atmosphere as romantic as a pair of handcuffs, a sty's-the-limit vulgarity. To those who were not of theatre age in 1900, / Must Love Someone gives the impression that the Florodora Sextet included such glamor girls of the past as Red Light Annie, Chicago May and Lizzie Borden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 20, 1939 | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...noted that at election time it is customary for branch offices to instruct their agents to ask policyholders to sign election ballots. Last week more than a dozen Met agents claimed that it was general practice for them to sign the ballot themselves "in a more or less kidding spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOVERNMENT: Swing Session | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

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