Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...glory of the Chinese race, the Chinese Republic and the Chinese Revolutionary Army!" ordered General Sun in a message to the defenders of the Chinese Alamo. "I and your comrades salute you! Although, in accordance with orders, I have led my other men to new defense lines my spirit and my heart are with you in Chapei...
This meant that Russia had balked completely at adopting the plan the others were ready to adopt, and dispatches excitedly rumored that at this point Britain, France, Germany and Italy would act in the spirit of their Four-Power Pact signed in 1933 and settle the question without Russia. Just arrived in London from Rome, where he had conferred at length with Premier Mussolini, was the German Ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop, chief confidant of the Führer on foreign affairs. He surprised the Nonintervention Committee by declaring that Germany demanded it act in unanimity-that is, fail...
...should be fairly clear from the foregoing that "spit an' image" has not "originated among the darkies of the South," as Mr. Harris and many other TIME readers who have written to me believe, as a corruption of "spirit and image." It is an old English, if not indeed European, colloquialism, quite independent of the American Negro...
...right to rule, she fought for the right to love," and "The Prisoner of Zenda" lends itself to the screen in a manner that will not embarrass lovers of Anthony Hope's famous novel. Though we are given a touching and absorbing love story, as the picture unfolds, its spirit of high adventure and not its love sequences is what makes it a top notch film...
According to Stahley the team is becoming much sharper in these elementary but all-important branches of the game. More encouraging to the coach is the greatly improved spirit of the entire squad. Because of this change for the better, the Yardlings are expected to be more impressive in later games than was anticipated at the start of the season...