Word: prevail
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spellbinding leader of British Labor's left wing, not only believes in nationalizing industry; he believes that socialism should exude public ownership as naturally and surely as a spider spins a web. In the Labor Party and in the trade unions, which dominate the party, maturer minds prevail. Only a militant minority shares Nye Sevan's fervor, and it is losing ground...
...Road. With the help of that "national institution," the American Automobile Association, the Cossets bought a used Chevy (for $1,400) and started off. After years of driving a car in France, they were continually amazed at the courteous, law-abiding U.S. motorist (by contrast, "Anarchy and chaos prevail on the roads of France"). Stopping at a motel, the Cossets discovered that not all the patrons were bona fide tourists: "In fact, [motels] seem to solve delicate problems for people anxious not to offend the puritanism of cities...
Everywhere OIT men looked, they saw the same basic obstacles: currency restrictions, freezing of investment capital, discriminatory taxes, competition from government-supported monopolies, and hostility to foreign capital. As long as these conditions prevail, said OIT, "it is not likely that the rate, nature or direction of private investments will be substantially changed." Area by area, the report stated...
...Communism will lose and be destroyed. That has always been the fate of evil dictators; and I am certain that, provided we are vigilant and relentless in this fight, we will prevail," Senator Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) told a packed Radcliffe Commencement audience in Sandors Theatre today...
...lacrosse team, previously slated to face Deerfield Academy here, will play there instead, if good conditions prevail. "Their playing field was clear as of 6 p.m. last night," Coach Bob Pickett said. Twenty-three members of the squad will travel to Deerfield to meet a team Pickett described as "one of our toughest...