Word: zest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that I am overworked and underpaid. But I stay in teaching because I like it. There's a satisfaction to it that is missing from most jobs-even better paid ones. The realization that you are making an important contribution to the lives of individuals gives you the zest...
...book) which drastically alter the contemporary picture of events. There is no spirit of now-it-can-be-told. There is a continuity of history; the war was what it was reported to have been; the official information that he now releases simply fills in the account. The zest with which he writes of the British navy, and the clarity with which he describes naval battles, despite the fact that they are the most interesting part of The Gathering Storm, make it seem possible that in the future his absorption with the navy will seem his greatest limitation; perhaps...
...always welcome, particularly when it is appropriate, and a modicum of merde when skillfully handled imparts a zest to TIME'S fine flavor. However, it seems improbable that Jean Boewet [TIME, May 10], contemplating the "experts with briefcases," could have employed the immortal expletive of Cambronne...
...Stassen team, a highly varied group, operated with the zest and fire of dedicated men. But unlike Willkie's zealous amateurs, it included many an experienced hand...
...great student of government and one of the best-read men of his time. But most readers will find him a pretty cold fish who swam best in muddy political waters. Brant insists that "outside of Congress ... he was known for his racy conversational skill, ribald wit and zest for salacious stories." Nothing will seem more unlikely to readers of James Madison...