Word: unflinchingness
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The Humble. In reproving contrast to The Noose (see below) stands a play fashioned from Dostoievsky's Crime and Punishment. Herein a Russian student is goaded to murder by what he considers a rational motive: to rid the world of a monster. His tortured philosophy fails to comprehend the...
Arthur Jamieson's unflinching Putter beat Robert Gardner. The U. S. team captain sliced and hacked erratically, while Jamieson's upright playing adequately justified his inclusion on the British team. Especially shaky was Captain Gardner's putting, so that Jamieson was not only able to maintain his...
Why do you call my great countryman, the ace of all aces, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, a "sportsman"? [Nov. 30 issue P. 14.] That English term of praise befits him ill. He was a true German. In his person he epitomized unflinching might. He was no weak "sportsman. You English...
In the air, lying between the Residency at Cairo and Downing Street, a stream of dots and dashes spelt enigmatical words which were decoded rapidly by experts. Lord Allenby, rigid, hard, unflinching disciplinarian, was making demands and recommendations; the Cabinet was considering them. Then came a telegram: "Sir Lee Stack...
"The conquering by air for the first time in history of the hitherto uncharted air route over the Pacific Ocean by the perilous traversing of typhoon-swept areas of Japan and China; the pushing on through days of sweltering heat and tropical rains of Indo-China, Burma and India; and...