Word: muster
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...duly wary of white Lady Bountifulness, is now searching for a Negro to take over his job. He plans to return to Yale next fall, aims to leave fulltime N.S.M. offices running in Boston, Hartford, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington and Chicago. His summer agenda is to muster 2,400 collegians to tutor 4,000 high school
With its wounded watching from the bench, the Crimson had more than a little difficulty taking healthy Holy Cross. Jumping off to a 6-2 half-time lead, the varsity needed all the defensive brilliance it could muster to hold off late Crusader rallies...
...current measure, Congress would gain a veto over each separate area the President proposes for inclusion in the Wilderness System. The opponents actual, but unstated, objection is that this procedure bypasses the Interior Committee. They know that the votes for a floor veto would be hard for them to muster...
...President had offered his challenge to the Marine Corps: match the Marines of 1908 by marching 50 miles in 20 hours, according to the terms of an old Teddy Roosevelt order. The Marines responded. And so, it seemed, did everyone else who could muster up the same kind of spirit it took to swallow gold fish, raid for panties or whirl a hula hoop...
...When I came back to Harvard this year," a sophomore explained, "I was really full of great resolves. After a fair performance academically my freshman year I vowed that this was going to be the year. All my courses are fairly interesting, but I haven't been able to muster enough energy to do even a modicum of work all year. I ended up doing all the reading for each of my courses last term the night before the exam, and I frankly doubt whether it will be any different this term...