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Between these last lines can be read the most remarkable career of any young Britisher of present times. The long-sighted rulers of the Empire prefer that a man should show some spark of rebellion, and very definitely of idealism, early. No spark, no spunk. No Character. Eden has Idealism-and Character-and in 1935 he became at 38 the youngest British Foreign Secretary in living memory...
...army flier since 1911, assistant chief of his corps since 1936, lively General Arnold succeeds the late Major General Oscar Westover, who crashed last fortnight (TIME. Oct. 3). Air corps officers esteem Henry Arnold for administrative spunk, his recent efforts to take the kinks out of procurement, his help in developing the substratosphere plane which won the 1938 Collier Trophy (TIME, Sept. 26). To get to Henry Arnold, Malin Craig passed over eleven senior air corps officers. Shortly before this selection was announced. Chicago Daily Newsman Paul R. Leach reported another result of Oscar Westover's death...
...Spunk, a capacity, if not a liking, for hard & thankless jobs, a willingness to play roles that would send most Hollywood beauties protesting to their agents, have given Bette Davis her present eminence. "I'm no Pollyanna," she says truthfully, "I like to play gutty girls and attractive wenches." There was a time, however, when she wanted to play Alice in Wonderland. "I'd be wonderful," said she, "with my popeyes and long neck...
...hardly refuted this accusation when a Rexist Deputy swaggered up to Belgium's present namby-pamby Premier Paul Emile Janson, and offered him a sealed envelope supposedly containing evidence for further charges against Wauters. At this new example of fascism turned smearism, the mild Premier for once showed spunk. "Did you, sir, steal these?" he shrilled. "And where?" Then he treated the Chamber to a denunciation of Rexist tactics, dramatically returned the unopened envelope to its purveyor...
...force the Senate's hand. Even his Senate enemies admitted that if he made the vote one of confidence this time he could probably force a victory-since the Senate would not want to upset a Cabinet so strongly backed in the Chamber. Instead of showing spirit or spunk, the Premier made a plaintive, hesitating speech, failed to make the issue one of confidence, and was rebuffed by the Senate 168-to-96. In the Chamber aroused Popular Front Deputies waited for their Blum to rush back to them and make a great public issue of "full powers." Instead...