Word: prevail
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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More zealous U.N.I.P. members are talking of extending the campaign to the rest of the country; they also say that they will soon start restyling white, Asian and half-caste girls as well. But among top party leaders, cooler heads seem likely to prevail. "Women want to look as attractive as possible," says one government minister, who insists that the back of the knee is a particularly unattractive part of the female anatomy. "These miniskirts and things are bound to pass with time...
...Housing regulations should be strictly enforced in Roxbury. One of the most negligent landlords in the city is the Boston Housing Authority, which allows intolerable conditions and lack of services to prevail in its public housing projects...
...last fall to extend Friday night parietals was a welcome adjustment within framework (2). For many reasons which are totally independent of this change, 308 Lowell House members have petitioned the Committee for a change in philosophy. Many of those who voted felt that a more natural attitude would prevail if the restrictions were removed during the week. This is not exactly accomplished by creating a two-night weekend to replace the former one-night weekend...
...manpower moves south, never to return, that his industry is being destroyed, that at the same time South Viet Nam is on the upswing, he will reassess his strategy. Once he realizes that we're ready, willing and able to continue this pressure, the facts of life will prevail. If not, it's going to take him a generation or more to recover...
...Night and Fog and The Pawnbroker. But Director Frank Beyer's stark documentary style and the unaffected pathos engendered by his actors-all unknown in the West-underline a truth that bears reiteration. At a time of utmost degradation, man still has the will to endure, and to prevail...