Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exile provided that he publicly urge his countrymen to abandon violence. Makarios' reply was that of a man who clearly felt he held the stronger hand. Said he: "I appeal to EOKA to declare the cessation of all operations, provided that the British government show a spirit of understanding by simultaneously abolishing the present state of emergency [in Cyprus]." He also insisted that negotiations about the island's future should be directly between Britain and "the Cyprus people," i.e., Makarios himself...
...week's end, however, an irate group of league hostel residents, including five South Africans, rallied to Lord Altrincham's side. "This," said young Lord Altrincham, "demonstrates the fine free new spirit of the Commonwealth...
...onetime champion golfer, master of the fly rod, amateur painter and undisputed father of modern plastic surgery in Britain. As co-author of The Principles and Art of Plastic Surgery (Little, Brown; $35), he enlisted the University of Miami's David Ralph Millard Jr., 37, a kindred spirit and former pupil. Utterly different from anything else in the field, their work is neither a set text nor a formal reference book, but a remarkable grafting of plastic surgery history and techniques onto a chatty life history of Innovator Gillies (known to colleagues as "Giles"). Its 2,300 illustrations comprise...
...salvation of the world." He reminded them that Spain, "although placed in a corner of this old Europe, is conscious that today already the trumpets are sounding in a world that must throw down the cracked walls of puny particularism." The priests, said the Pope, should foster a "Catholic spirit that is ... capable of surpassing itself to reach others better without prejudice toward anyone...
...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...