Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...YOUR ARTICLE WAS NOT AT ALL FAIR. THERE WAS AN UNJUSTIFIABLE CURRENT OF CONDESCENSION THROUGHOUT, CERTAINLY THE MEMBERS OF ICCASP REPRESENT A CREAM OF U.S. INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC ARISTOCRACY. CAUSES IF THEY ARE NOT EVIL AND UGLY ARE ESSENTIALLY A PART OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT...
...avowals of love and friendship toward all should be immersed in an entire barrel of salt before being swallowed. If their requests can reasonably be granted we should make every effort to see that they are granted. We can then watch Russia's actions. If she exhibits a spirit of goodwill and co-operation, well and good. We can look forward to a fear free future. If, however, Moscow continues to agitate, obstruct, and demand we can expect the worst, knowing, at least, that we shall not be caught unprepared...
...imagine, a consequence of collaborator Nunnally Johnson's hand in the scripting. Ira Gershwin's customarily witty lyrics fare well under the care of Arthur Margetson, recently of "Around the World," who sings "Land of Opportunitee;" and Leonora Corbett, the other-worldly wife in Broadway's original "Blithe Spirit," who solidly sends "The Dew is on the Rose" (pro-early divorce: "before they ever rifted, they drifted--apart"), and the show's best song...
Said the Communist Daily Worker: "The Roosevelt spirit came to life on Thursday. . . . Speaking with the authentic voice of American liberalism, Mr. Wallace has called halt to the forces making for war and has thrown down the challenge to the atomaniacs who are screaming for war against the Soviet Union...
...Born Spirit. The fact was that Quebec was in the throes of industrial revolution. During the war, with plenty of manpower, cheap power and raw materials, Quebec was able to produce in a hurry. She received 38% of the war contracts let in Canada; her manufacturing output jumped from $1 billion to $2.5 billion annually...