Word: spiritism
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Like many of the records it charts, the Guinness book was the product of a can-do spirit and the need to validate one's pride. In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a hunting trip with friends in Ireland. Though he considered himself an excellent shot, Beaver was unable to bag any golden plovers. Wounded, Beaver suggested the bird might be the fastest in Europe. Upon returning from the trip, neither he nor his friends were able to locate a reference book that provided the answer...
While she cared deeply about South Africa and about her role in its struggle for equality, she was also a fundamentally blithe spirit who would cook grand feasts for her friends and sing lyrics like "Pata Pata is the name of a dance we do down Johannesburg...
...walk the mall, and consumers look like zombies. They're there in person, but not in spirit.' JOHN MORRIS, a Wachovia retailing analyst, on the nation's rising unemployment rate and the disappointing sales figures reported in October by dozens of major stores...
...marching into Providence and upsetting Brown, 13-3, last Saturday, the Bulldogs gave Harvard second life in the Ivy League title race. In the spirit of gratitude, Crimson Crazies, be courteous to your guests from New Haven next weekend, and show them how here at Harvard we don’t let silly rivalries get in the way of acknowledging good deeds...
...presence of tasty beer. Palfrey, Sifuentes, and Hiatt package it as a way to teach and encourage responsible drinking. Adams HoCo claims it saves them money. These reasons may be legitimate to varying degrees, but the true reason Smada should be celebrated is because it inspires house spirit in this post-randomization age of apathy. People piled into the upper common room last Thursday to try the house beer for the same reason they got riled up during the Eliot vs. Adams rug scandal of 2008 and the Pfoho gong drama of ’99. Our ancestral sense...