Word: prevail
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Christiana Securities Co., which is controlled by Delaware, and in turn controls Du Pont. To keep from driving down G.M. stock, the transfer would take place over ten years, and trustees would be allowed, with court approval, to postpone the sale if "reasonable market conditions" do not prevail...
...your color spread of the mighty Atlas fizzle at three miles. The Russians also had a scoop at the same time − which beat us by 557 miles. When will the U.S. awaken - or will high-level bickering and indifference, strikes at atomic weapon plants, and official stupidity prevail...
Professor Kirk cited "the breakdown of self-determination when attempted in plural societies, such as Palestine and Kashmir. But Makarios replied that, "according to that principle, where there is no homogeneous population, colonial rule must prevail...
...Report couples these proposals for increased incentives with a system for weeding-out unproductive personnel, requiring all those capable of further training to take advantage of it or risk severance. These proposals, putting the peacetime army on the same standards that prevail in the world outside, would seem to work for a more capable--and more economical--fighting force. Its supporters claim that, though it would cost about $650 million per year to implement, it would effect annual savings of $5 billion by 1960. Nevertheless, the Administration put the report back in the files on the grounds that it would...
...Said Turin's liberal La Stampa: "The truth is, not many Italians are horrified by the sight of a girl in shorts." Added the largest newspaper in Italy, Milan's conservative Corriere della Sera, "They are proposing tourism in long pants and hard collars. They will not prevail...