Word: containment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only time, in fact, that the Crimson battled on any sort of even terms was during the ten minutes immediately after the Crusader score. Then, while the teams scrimmaged ineffectually between the Harvard 20 and the 50, good defensive work by tackle John Nichols and end Don Case helped contain the Purple attack...
...these high "standing waves" that are under suspicion. They often contain winds that blow either up or down at 4,000 ft. per min. A down-draught of such violence can smack down a high-flying airplane against a chunk of rock before the pilot realizes he is anywhere near a mountain. Sometimes his altimeter (which measures air pressure, not actual height) gives him no warning; the turbulent waves in the lee of high mountains often have spots of rarefied air that make the instrument read much higher than it should...
...that for them it is self-evident that human beings contain large elements of cruelty and of ignorance, themselves included. Think what they have lived through and think what they have not lived through! We in the '20s would never quite have grasped that. We mistook our good intentions of Christian civilization for irreversible achievement...
...incoming class will contain a large number of foreign students and approximately 60 men sent by the Armed Services to receive business management training. Most of these servicemen are being given this training at the Government's expense before they are placed on active duty...
...that for them it is self-evident that human beings contain large elements of cruelty and of ignorance, themselves included. Think what they have lived through and think what they have not lived through! We in the '20s would never quite have grasped that. We mistook our good intentions of Christian civilization for irreversible achievement...