Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...happy to learn that the great American tradition of opening doors to the free exchange of cultural and scientific thought continues," he stated. Shapley added that the persons who will are seeking "to contribute to the establishment of a spirit of peace in a time . . . of great armaments...
...Letter & Spirit. April 4 was the date named by the bishop for the Melishes' "pastoral relationship" to "cease." But father & son made no move to pack up their vestments. Instead, Rector Melish announced that he denied the legality of the bishop's action - a course that may well end up in the civil courts. Said...
...bishop] has acted in the face of the expressed wish of more than 70% of the qualified voters of my parish and, as I am advised by my counsel, in violation of both the letter and the spirit of Canon [law] . . . Four bishops have broken all precedents by indicating their willingness to enter the jurisdiction of a brother bishop to testify on my behalf, as have over 30 other outstanding church leaders...
...although she did have a familiar Euridice opposite her: U.S. Soprano Ann Ayars, who had sung the role with her in England and on records.#&134; But Conductor Thomas K. Scherman's Little Orchestra (38 players) and 40 singers from the Westminster Choir got into the graceful spirit of Gluck's music with the overture, and stayed in it to the last gaily triumphant note. It was, however, the dramatically restrained passion of Kathleen Ferrier's singing, in a voice that is even and full through its two-octave range, that carried the show. Few had ever...
There were faults. A slow start, some shaky work by the chorus, visibly nervous in its first minutes on stage, and an occasional tendency towards out-of-hand mugging smudged the record. But the whole thing was undertaken with a spirit which indicates that with a couple more performances matters will be really' bubbling along...