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Word: dependence (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perhaps the tension that arises in every athlete before an important contest proved too much for the three players; but this surely can not excuse their barbaric atrocity. Men live together in societies which depend in a large measure on the stability of each individual member. If a man cannot control his emotions and allows every violent whim to hold reign over his life, then society must take action against him. So Princeton must do today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Stern Demand | 11/16/1957 | See Source »

...been expected beforehand that Mike Midler and Dave Eckel of Cornell, and the Crimson's Pete Reider would finish among the top five runners. Harvard's hopes for victory were thought to depend on its placing at least three men ahead of the third Cornell finisher...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Cornell Wins Heps; Varsity Third | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

...beneficial aspects. If people are somewhat disturbed about the possibility of Soviet air and space superiority they will be more willing to pay for programs to regain a lead. If, however, they are allowed or encouraged to slip back into apathy, Russia's margin which does not depend on her public psychology, will increase...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sacrifice for Action | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

Much will depend, therefore, on the performance of the "healthy half" of the Crimson squad, which currently includes Capt. Dave Norris, Dyke Benjamin, Jim Schlaeppi, and Wes Hildreth...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Unbeaten Harriers Contend For Heptagonal Championship Today | 11/8/1957 | See Source »

...performance milked out every nuance of humor and pathos in his skillful adaptation for the stage from Thomas's prose. Particularly effective was his handling of Just Like Dogs, which succeeded so well because it concentrated on third persons, and was effective as a story because it did not depend on the rather weak comparison between Thomas and Williams. This is a very skillful and compressed piece of work which captures with economy and yet exactness a particular encounter of adolescence. Several adaptations of Thomas's recollections of boyhood in Wales were less happy dramatically because they seemed slightly wordy...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: A Boy Growing Up | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

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