Word: potentate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spiral" theory of civilizations, famed British Historian Arnold Toynbee holds that the pressure of outside challenge produces a civilization's strongest response. He also sees psychic and spiritual factors as more potent in history than material ones. Last week, in a Founder's Day address at California's Pomona College, Toynbee brought both tenets to bear on the main issue of his own time...
...club finished its preliminary workouts yesterday with a spirited dummy pass defense scrimmage. Julian's potent anti-aircraft counter attack set up all three touchdowns against the Jennies, and Doggie is determined to have the same success against the Crusaders...
Following the usual Thursday schedule, Coach Jordan held contact work to a minimum and concentrated on setting final offensive patterns and briefing the defensive secondary on the Big Green's potent passing attack...
...Northern newspapers, and almost all Southern dailies, label Negroes as such whenever they appear in the news. Last week, the Chicago Tribune was smack up against the problem. It is the only daily paper in Chicago that still labels Negroes in almost all news stories, and Chicago's potent, civic-minded City Club wanted to know...
...Neil is bigger (5 feet, 11 inches; 190 pounds) than Lowenstein, but he lacks Lowenstein's passing finesse. The sophomore left-hander is, however, a very potent blocker and a good ball handler. Jordan has managed to fit O'Neil into his plans by running him as single wing quarterback...