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Word: spirited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yovicsin said he was encouraged by the spirit shown by both the team and students, as several hundred spectators cheered the team at the end of the last home practice. The crowd and the Harvard band lined a flare-marked path as the team ran from the field to Dillon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gerety, Hauge to Start; Spirit for Game High | 11/22/1957 | See Source »

...music of lonely people," confided the Spirit. "The music of a single saxophone at night. Like a train whistle. There's a lot of heart...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: We Shall Survive | 11/19/1957 | See Source »

...Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll continued, undeterred. First they said it was calypso. Then Hawaiian music. Now, what? All of them were supposed to replace us. Nothing...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: We Shall Survive | 11/19/1957 | See Source »

...spirit of levity had moved one gang of youths to hoist an usher above its shoulders and hurl him down a flight of stairs. The crowd roared and the City's Pride convened for action. The show went on, oblivious and even louder...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: We Shall Survive | 11/19/1957 | See Source »

...shall survive," said the Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll. "We shall survive despite the Sunday morning rock 'n' rollers, the disc jockey post mortems, and the third rate flicks. Despite Lawrence Welk and Lester Lanin. Despite the amateur sociologists and their 'adolescent subcultures...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: We Shall Survive | 11/19/1957 | See Source »

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