Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even Poetess Naidu found little warmth in Jinnah: "Somewhat formal and fastidious and a little aloof and imperious of manner. . . . Tall and stately, but thin to the point of emaciation, languid and luxurious of habit, Jinnah's attenuated form is the deceptive sheath of a spirit of exceptional vitality and endurance...
...those who insisted that the State Department "has been battling for a lofty principle," Welles replied: "In so far as principles are involved, the policy of the State Department has deliberately violated principles to which this Government is solemnly pledged, [including] the spirit of the basic inter-American agreements. . . . It has circularized the other American republics announcing that it will participate in no inter-American agreements in which the new Argentine Government takes part." Unless the U.S. takes Argentina back into its good graces, "no inter-American conference can now be held without risking . . . the total destruction of Pan-American...
Last week, Brazilian aviation was busting out all over. It took but three planes to start a commercial airline, and stock deals, franchise fights and cutthroat competition recalled the dash, vision and buccaneering spirit of 19th Century U.S. railroading...
April 9, 1946. The Crimson resumes publication. of significance during the time of FDR '04 are apt to be disappointed by finding even the editorials dealing chiefly with the merits of Harvard teams and the Fahreuheif measurement of team 'spirit' in the College...
...Maria Rilke, as well as stories by De Maupassant, Chekhov, Strindberg and Hamsun. Under the Kaiser, its Cartoonist-Editor Heine had been imprisoned in a fortress for the sin of reflecting too faithfully "the physiognomy of the reigning class, [of] too ostentatious Government officials . . . officers . . . Junkers [and] the subservient spirit of the small bourgeoisie." In this tradition, Simplicissimus also faithfully recorded each new step in Adolf Hitler's rise to power-a rise which Simpl found too ludicrous to be believable...