Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film season that has been a desert of parched mediocrity, Heaven Can Wait appears like an oasis to bring a refreshing spirit back to the American film. Mr. Beatty is indeed an angel...
...minute speech notable for its force and its predictability (the U.S. needs a strong military and intelligence capability, a strong economy, the will to fight "against aggressors who go under borders rather than over borders"). At last, in a tumult of approval, he invoked the "real America-a spirit you'll find in great cities and small towns, in factories and mines. I know that spirit is strong in the heartland of America, Leslie County, Kentucky...
Leaders of the seven major industrial powers* will meet in Bonn next week for their fourth economic summit since 1975. Superficially, the atmosphere will be like a board meeting of a multinational corporation. In reality, the spirit of the two-day session will be more like a three-sided tag-team wrestling match...
...keeping it up are formidable. Says William McChesney Martin, a revered former Fed chairman: "He is like a golfer who has made four birdies in a row, but there are some more holes to play. He has a tough job ahead." Fortunately, he is tackling it in a spirit of optimism. A pessimist would be whipped before he began...
What the players communicate with no little success is the resilience of spirit of that period. The number F.D.R. Jones, inserted from another musical, is a clue to the social significance of Pins and Needles. Through magnetic eloquence and leadership, Franklin D. Roosevelt was able to restore the Depression-bruised American people's confidence in themselves. Having come through that ordeal, they were ready for World...