Word: stamina
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Travail. That Mikolajczyk and the Western democracy he represents have survived the shock of war and revolution is another testimonial to Poland's national stamina. Once Poland was the mightiest nation of eastern Europe. Jan Karol Chodkiewicz's fearsome Winged Hussars (see cut) defeated the Turks at Chocim in 1621, and 62 years later Jan Sobieski beat them back from Vienna. The Polish military tradition still burns bright; World War II's Warsaw and Monte Cassino will be remembered. And yet, as Poland under her conquerors has gone from disaster to disaster, the tradition of struggle...
...plain good food for at least six months before anyone can possibly expect them to have the strength and vigor and stamina to start a counteroffensive...
...great merchants. "They were in one sense its ripe fruits, but in another sense they marked the dissolution of that economy, its incapacity to maintain itself for more than three generations. Either their fortune was inadequate, or their virtue was inadequate, or their health and stamina were inadequate. Gently, or sadly, or cynically, they had to bow themselves off the stage...
...have organized the Minneapolis Army-Navy Officers' Wives Club. . . . There are groups for bridge, skiing, skating, golf, discussion of current events, etc. In fact, there's an activity for every night of the week if one has the stamina...
...rough-and-tumble contest was largely similar to the 47 to 35 licking which the Crimson suffered at the Motor Torpedo Boat Base in Rhode Island last month. In handing the Varsity its twelfth defeat of the campaign, Melville showed an edge in height, experience, and stamina which proved too much for the Stahlmen...