Word: spunk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gaddafi, the hotspur of the Arab world, barged into the internal problems of another nation for the second time in two weeks. He was more effective than he had been in Morocco, however. By forcing down a British jet and kidnaping two rebel leaders, he took much of the spunk out of the anti-Numeiry forces...
...every typical Frank Capra movie -Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, say, or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-the hero, a generally shy but sturdy innocent, vanquished the villain, got the girl and reaffirmed once again the notion that all you really need in order to win out is spunk and some levelheaded determination...
...make the final selections didn't show much interest in the other Crimson seniors either, although scouts from the Jets and Chargers showed up at practice in October to look over Varney and Frisbie. Varney was probably too slow for their liking and Frisbie, for all his spunk, is not large. Both had poor seasons to boot, missing the All-Ivy team for the first time in three years. And Farneti, who did have an outstanding year, does not exactly have the size of a pro linebacker at six feet and 215 pounds...
...assortment of magical home remedies. There is documentary evidence that warts have disappeared after being touched with a copper penny or a slice of raw potato, which is then buried during a full moon. Some sufferers insist that they have found relief in Tom Sawyer's prescription for "spunk water" (rain from a tree stump in the woods). Still others have employed the services of some old women in the hills of northeastern Kentucky who are said to cure warts merely by touching them...
When Yovicsin replaced Foster, there was a very subtle but important change in the offense. It seemed that some of the team's spunk was lost in the transition from one quarterback to another, and Columbia took full advantage of the Crimson's sag in morale...