Word: spirited
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Alaska the week Sarah Palin was introduced to the world, and around me I saw the America I had grown up on: full of open space and possibility, blessed with great oil reserves and immigrants from everywhere, scenically gorgeous - but tied to the go-it-alone spirit of a "last frontier." It looked as much like the America of my boyhood as Hawaii and the burger joint looked like the America of tomorrow. The kids next to us in the North Shore shack seemed much less concerned with where they came from than with where they were headed...
...Because John McCain's defeat seemed likely for weeks, the fighting began long before Election Day. Some Republicans believe that the old conservative message must be modernized. Others see a need to return to the conservatism of old. For many, Palin was a godsend, a true populist in the spirit of Ronald Reagan. For others, she was a nightmare. With no leader in sight, factions are maneuvering behind the scenes to assign blame and take control. "It's not going to be business as usual," says Richard Viguerie, a 75-year-old direct-mail wizard who joined the conservative movement...
...Uncle first hit the funny pages in 1940, with an appearance in the National Comics series, published by the now defunct Quality Comics. In the series, Uncle Sam was a Revolutionary War soldier whose soul merged with the spirit of Liberty. He was killed in battle but remained on Earth to fight for freedom. He briefly starred in his own comic book, Uncle Sam's Quarterly, which was published from 1941-1943. After a long hiatus (although he was memorably parodied by Mad magazine's Alfred E. Neuman during the Vietnam War), Uncle Sam returned to comics...
...feel special for taking part in it.” The concert follows the international conference “60 Years of Israeli Culture,” held earlier last week by the Judaica Division of the HCL. Both events were intended to illustrate “the vibrant spirit of Israel to the community,” according to Barry Schrage, the president of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies...
...Palin’s selection “makes my job a little bit tougher. If you’re here and a Republican, people are going to call you out on the whole Palin thing. People start challenging you and it does kind of bring out the fighting spirit in you and energizes you and make you a little bit more passionate about what she does...