Word: coping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...taking several books early in the morning when the student intends reading only a few at a time. Then the books are hidden in obscure places at closing time so that they become reserved for one person. The library is aware of this problem but is naturally unable to cope with...
...film's distributor, George I. Shafir of Manhattan, refused to contest it. In their annual report, the stubborn censors were still defending their decision: "Certainly the screen is no place for documentary subjects that are presented without truth and sincerity, and the sooner the board is enabled to cope with such abuses beyond legal .doubt, the better...
...lose an occasional round. In November, Writer Whit Ellsworth and Artist Wayne Boring will marry him off to his longtime sweetheart, Lois Lane. In the normal course of time ("even Superman can't hurry some things") Lois will present him with a Superbaby. The new challenge: "Can Superman cope with modern man's most intimate problem-namely, marriage...
When Dartmouth played its first football game with the Cantabs on November 9, 1882, it spent the entire game inside its own 25 yard line while Harvard put across four goals and nineteen touchdowns. The next day the Boston Globe commented that 'Dartmouth might possibly be able to cope with the Boston Latin School...
...another thing, the moose proved itself emotionally unable to cope with the problem of turning a corner. It would travel at high speeds in a straight line, but when faced with a left or right turn, would come to a complete halt and hang its head, confused and hurt. Whereupon the driver was forced to alight from the sulky and physically push the moose until it was once again aimed in the correct direction and high speed travel could proceed. The coming of winter matorially affected neither the animal's speed nor his inability to turn corners...