Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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B.B.D. & W. Almost from the beginning, Chief Justice Warren seemed to be closer in spirit to veteran liberal Justices Hugo Black and William Douglas than to the other court veterans. But capable Administrator Warren aspired to be more than a mere dissenter, and he is credited with using his considerable persuasive talents to work out majorities for the liberal views. With the appointment of New Jersey Democrat William Brennan, there was formed a B.B.D. & W. dominant liberal bloc-Black, Brennan, Douglas and Warren. While no court bloc is ever hard and fast, this group-over a wide range of cases...
...proud Maronite Catholic clansmen of Zghorta. a mountain village famed for its fighting spirit since the days of the First Crusade, are as pious as they are touchy. When they are feuding-and that is most of the time-they are careful to go to church and ask God's help in aiming their guns, and even when they are on the run, they seldom miss Sunday Mass...
...shells. Its students live five to a room, and the thin stew they get for lunch could well stand more meat. But as all Poles know, there is one thing that Lublin has in abundance. "Throughout all the difficult years." says the rector, Father Marian Rechowicz, "we survived on spirit...
...Roman offices in the Franciscan Curia General, near St. Peter's, he rises at 5 a.m. for Mass, works most nights until midnight. Said Father Sépinski of his reelection: "I think the next twelve years will kill me, but it doesn't matter. The Franciscan spirit is stronger than ever in the world...
...Spirit of St. Louis. New York to Paris with Charles A. Lindbergh; Director Billy Wilder and Actor James Stewart make a good film about a great adventure (TIME, March...