Word: unflinchingness
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Johnny Gunther fought back with his youth, with unflinching spirit, with uncommon intelligence. His scientific interest in his illness was enormous-even though, boylike, he had a personal pride in the misfortune that had suddenly made him special. When, after Johnny's first operation, the surgeon told him what...
For two minutes she stood silently facing the wooden cross, then walked to a microphone. "We are looking forward to a better world to come." The words were clear and steady. "May the same unselfish and unflinching spirit of those who fell here prevail in the rebuilding of The Netherlands...
Snow & Flannels. The Brooks legend is based not only on its unflinching conservatism but on the longevity, resourcefulness and imperturbability of its clerks. Classic prototype of the store's salesmen was Frederick Webb, who, when he died in 1928 at the age of 84, had put in 65 years...
He had Junker relatives, and on their estate he found the Spartan antidote to Weimar decadence. Prussian history books taught him that the famed Prussian tradition was founded on the rock of religious faith, that it demanded austerity, unflinching loyalty and toil. Prussianism in action was "the militant church," and...
"Immense responsibilities abroad and at home fall upon the new Government and we must all hope that they will be successful in bearing them. It only remains for me to express to the British people, for whom I have acted in these perilous years, my profound gratitude for the unflinching...