Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were no awards made this year of the Francis Bowen Prize in moral or political philosophy, or of the William Harris Arnold and Gortrude Weld Arnold Prize for an essay on "the true spirit of book-collecting...
...unsettled state of Europe, the dread potentialities of atomic war, and a lack of faith by the United States and Russia in one another's motives, have produced a condition of tenseness in which the original spirit of the United Nations plays a very poor second to national interest...
With a sigh, Vag circled University Hall and beamed a troubled glance on Old Jawn. Well that was all right--he was still unbowed in his solitary splendor. At least we have our tradition, Vag thought, but now, Fair Harvard, when thy sons to thy jubilee throng, the masculine spirit of year will be somewhat diluted. Those mellow occasions when the alumni used to contemplate "the good times we had with Copey" would have a strange air about them now when they realized there were others (he straightened his tie) who shared the same memories. Was that fair? There would...
Very Remarkable. "I was impressed first of all by the prevalence of a law-abiding spirit. Through the window from my hospital bed in New York I watched the endless heavy traffic. Thousands of cars went by upon the street day and night-and only a few police guided them. It was very remarkable. . . . In China . . .we must teach the masses to understand responsibility . . . develop a law-abiding spirit...
...comedians Wednesday it and was the open vice war presidents- between with gravy-boats of wonderful, front page publicity for all concerned. On Thursday, NBC suddenly took it all back, blandly admitted having "regained our sense of humor," proved they had caught the spirit by offering honorary vice-presidencies to Allen, Skelton and Hope...