Word: spiriting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Senior Writer Lance Morrow, who, as one of the magazine's essayists, has offered views on such matters as social kissing (to be done sparingly) and necktie wearing (to be avoided, if possible), welcomes most of the new manners. He displays an admirable generosity of spirit in allowing women to pick up lunch checks. "I was also delighted," says Morrow, "to give up the little hopping stutter-step necessary to place me on the curbside when walking down the sidewalk with a woman. But I haven't quite abandoned the habit of holding a woman's chair...
...such great fun. The programs and the crisis management were sometimes forgettable but the lift was always there. The Kennedys nurtured the nation's spirit; they planted hope before they designed new schemes. They led an adventure that had its roots in Boston's Irish wards and embraced great wealth, the Harvard Yard and the hint of sin at El Morocco. It was not always in the best of taste, but it bubbled...
...fantastic season. We had great team spirit and an overwhelmingly winning record. I was thrilled to be a part of this team," Sheehan said yesterday...
...figure very like Columnist Jimmy Breslin, the slob-throb voice of New York's little guy, find love and happiness with a young woman cut from the same fine cloth as Dancer Gelsey Kirkland? Can the public be persuaded to accept, as a heartwarming example of the human spirit's indomitability, her triumph over what appear to be terminal leg cramps on opening night of her first starring part in a ballet? Can another big crash-bang score by Bill Conti once again drown out a multitude of dramatic sins and carry this picture to the popular heights...
...Will to Be, which airs Nov. 26, Michener observed about the man who was to become Pope John Paul II: "He reminds me of a north Texas high school gung-ho football coach in his late 40s who has been through hard times but takes it with a wonderful spirit." The Pope, says Michener, "isn't pompous at all, but quietly strong." Also humorous. "If this show goes well," John Paul II told Michener, "I'll expect a phone call from Hollywood...