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...nowadays set out only after supplying themselves with the most up-to-date maps, guides and gear. But the adventure of No Picnic on Mount Kenya was strictly amateur. It did not seek to prove any theories about man or the universe; it was merely a gesture of private spunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Self-Expression in Kenya | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

Everyone knew that painting the shack white went deeper than a paint job. The Negroes knew and were either exhilarated or frightened by Albert's boldness. Albert's boss, Mr. Tittle, knew it, but in his own way he admired his sharecropper's spunk and aspiration. If Albert could buy the paint, he wouldn't stop him. Mathis, the storekeeper, was another kind of white man. Said he to Mr. Tittle: "Every nigger around here knows what he's doing ... If you let this business get out of hand they'll all start thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: White Is a Color | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

...will have to generate a good deal of spirit if it hopes to tumble Brown tonight. The Bruins, on nothing but spunk, luck, and a few rough checks, smashed the varsity in their last game, at Providence, February...

Author: By David W. Coonea, | Title: Sextet Bows to Nassau, 3-1; Plays Brown Today at Lynn | 2/24/1953 | See Source »

...Crimson added two in that session but could only score two more in the second period, as Tech goalie Joe Bova made some good saves, and the Engineers occasionally played with much spunk...

Author: By David W. Cudhea, | Title: Crimson Wallops Engineer Six, 12-1 | 1/8/1953 | See Source »

...break the language down into six main classes (abstract relations, space, matter, intellect, volition, affections). Then under each class he listed the pertinent one-word topics, following these with a rich array of synonyms, colloquialisms and comparisons. The topic courage, for instance, involved for him everything from audacity to spunk, Perseus to gamecock, to "beard the lion in his den." Roget also included appropriate quotations: e.g., "Every dog is a lion at home" . . . "The valiant never taste of death but once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Wings for Flight | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

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