Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...realized power against the President, not in attacking his program directly, but in going his generosity one better, is very serious. It proves that in a democratic country a reckless promise or program to stir up the people cannot be controlled. Mussolini appeals to nationalism and the war like spirit, yet can keep his country behind him for peace; Hitler, after winning support through an appeal to racial prejudice, claims now that he can keep it in check; but Roosevelt, in a still free country, carries out a large expenditure, and the country now shows signs of carrying him onward...
Professor Coolidge expressed to his Eli listeners the earnest desire that the fine spirit and traditions of Pierson College would continue to flourish on the splendid foundation that its departing master had laid. President Angell of master had laid. President Angell of Yale, the next speaker, continued the eulogy of Mr. Valentine...
Except for the confession of Assassin Nikolaev who was later shot, the confessions last week were by far the most important to the Kirov case. Over 100 Russians had been shot for confessing less, some after admitting mere "ideological community" with the "spirit of the crime." What super-punishment could Judge Ulrich mete out to these super-guilty secret police...
...editors of TIME present The March of Time, a new form of pictorial reporting. Related to the newsreel as a newsmagazine is related to a newspaper, The March of Time is a recapture of memorable scenes from the day's news. Edited, like TIME, in the historical spirit, it runs for 20 minutes, deals with half a dozen different subjects...
...when the brisk, tough-thewed, iron-haired ex-banker began to talk business, it was clear that he had by no means lost the spirit which once prompted him to defy the Federal Reserve Board. With a gardenia in his lapel, faultlessly dressed in a dark grey suit, starched collar and pepper-&-salt cravat, he displayed the same earnest optimism which helped make his bank for a few years the biggest in the U. S. Cried...