Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Citation: "You have an abiding faith in the life of the mind. You possess the courage to state your convictions. You reveal a vital concern for the effectiveness of religion in these confusing days...
...gavel, the five directors knew they could wait no longer. They decided that Avery must be replaced by up-and-coming John Barr. Also slated for ouster: Edmund Krider, 42, an ex-accountant picked as $76,000-a-year president by Avery in 1952, who was considered to possess Avery's ruthlessness without either his charm or ability. The directors tackled Avery again, suggested that having won over Wolfson, he retire at his peak. Avery again refused, saying that the meeting proved he had a new mandate to continue...
...seen a nurse or other white woman in 18 months, WACs would be locked within their barbed-wire compound at all times except when escorted by armed guards." The New Guinea WACs, as everywhere, did their job-in this case mostly mail censorship. Said their male supervisor: "[They] possess an uncanny knack for picking up hidden security breaches...
...your campus, what are the key values for the BMOC to possess...
Faure was thus making ratification, in effect, a vote of confidence, giving to the Senate a power it does not formally possess-to depose a Premier. The stubby little Premier pressed on, words tumbling out in a brilliant display of impromptu rebuttal. Then he stepped down amidst a crash of applause. Superbly timed, his outburst checked the gathering emotional opposition. To those who complained that the French will was cowed by allies' threats, Pinay retorted: "The French will? Why should it only be revealed in the power to say no-no to our own proposal...