Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Urging a spirit of aloofness to the chaos in Europe, Walsh backed his policy of "complete neutrality" in spite of what happens in Europe. "Why," he pointed out, "should the United States, a government designed to give the greatest, amount of blessings to all and strongly protected by nature from the belligerent world, risk its future happiness and security by taking sides in a fight in which it has no real concern...
During his first four years in Washington Count Jerszy Potocki has carried on with skill and ensuing popularity the routine duties of Polish ambassador. Rarely did his name appear in print; and then usually at official receptions. He lived the life of an ambassador in the spirit of the sportsman. His days belonged to the hounds, to tennis, to dancing. Wherever he mixed, his charm prepared the way for closer American friendship with Poland...
...November issue the Harvard Progressive maintains a precise balance between local ware and the world's wars by printing two articles on Harvard problems and two on the world's affairs, while a fifth occupies both territories by means of an examination of Harvard's transition toward the martial spirit in 1914-1915. As a whole the issue reaches a high standard both in the breadth and significance of its material and in the vigorous fashion in which it is presented...
...Professor Payson Wild states elsewhere in the Crimson, there are strong indications that Congress will smother the Panama plan. Congress and the people, unfortunately for Administration strategy, have taken the President's promises in good faith, and will demand enforcement of the law in letter and in spirit. To regain the confidence of the people, the Administration might well turn its attention to pushing in every way possible American trade interests in Latin America...
...will all pass suddenly. At Harvard, the Square will rumble again, and the West Point cadets will march gayly off. Two minutes have ticked away, but their spirit will linger--to be cherished, to be fought for, to be preserved. At Boston Common, Legionnaires will march for Peace. At the Friends' Center, pacifists will debate for Peace. The Massachusetts Youth Committee will distribute exhortative pamphlets. The Anti-War Committee will preach their platform for Peace. The Student Union will counter with theirs. Every voice in the country will be raised towards...