Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...remarks would not be complete without taking recognition of the apparent beliefs of many of you that the satisfactory solution of our problem lies in superimposing the answer from without- by Government edict, as against developing it from within-through the spirit of cooperation. On this we stand at the crossroads. . . . Government is essential to protect and develop our civilization. But let us have government by law- thou shall or shall not-not government by edict. That means a stifling regulation -the direct road to regimentation. And when we start, there is no turning back...
...these words Dean James M. Landis gave voice to the spirit of legal education at the Harvard Law School...
Several weeks ago, in your review of [TIME, March 21] Richard Eberhart's Reading the Spirit, you called this young, intelligent, deep-thinking poet a "ham." Everyone knows what a "ham" actor is, but it seems to me TIME has very vulgarly tried to coin a new word where there is no need...
...controlled at week's end nine of the twelve main roads from Spain to France. Barcelona Leftists again purged suspected Rightist sympathizers, two cinema theatres being necessary to hold one night's haul. Leftist organ La Vanguardia philosophized that such measures "repugnant as they are to a spirit of liberalism, are justified by the circumstances...
Edgar Zodiag Friedenberg, 17, is the youngest person ever to appear on a convention program of the American Chemical Society. He is also the brashest. A precocious, articulate young man with an active mind and critical spirit, son of a retired Louisiana merchant, Edgar will graduate this June, loaded with honors, from Centenary College (Shreveport, La.), expects to start graduate study next fall at Stanford. In his 17 years Edgar Friedenberg has been much annoyed by scientific jargon. Last week he addressed the conference on chemical education during the society's spring meeting at Dallas. Far from displaying stage...