Word: overwhelm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...accent-expectably works hardest, acts best. Captain Grant suavely keeps trying not to remind himself of Horatio Hornblower. So they finally get the gun to the long shadow of Avila's wall, blast their opening at 1.600 yards, and sliding in on their own blood, overwhelm the hated occupiers. Thus Producer Kramer conquers Napoleon's forces. But somehow the whir of the cameras often seems as loud as the thunderous cannonades. It evidently takes more than dedication, cooperative multitudes and $4,000,000 to shoot history in the face...
Displaying the power which carried it to the indoor Heptagonal title, the varsity track team won eleven events and took both second and third in the other four to overwhelm Dartmouth, 88 1/2 to 51 1/2 in the opener of the outdoor season in the Stadium Saturday...
Although enrollment in religious courses has increased recently at such places as Harvard, Yale and Princeton, many students seemed to feel the nature of any religious renascence to be personal rather than official. One Princeton student reported that he wanted to "study religion," but not to let it "overwhelm...
...HAVEN, March 9--One of Harvard athletics strangest, yet most powerful jinxes ended this afternoon, as the varsity wrestling team combined 22 straight years of frustration with top performances all down the lineup to overwhelm Yale...
With five potential number one men playing at the top five positions, Coach Jack Barnaby's varsity should overwhelm the Middies by at least a 6-3 count. In past years, Crimson squash teams have never defeated Navy on its home courts, because they are much warmer than those in Hemenway gymnasium...