Word: prevailing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...turmoil and stress which used to prevail in South Ireland so wrung his Majesty's heart that, but for him, no approach to a truce or settlement would have been possible...
...scientific doctrines. When a truth is once accepted by such a method, it is no longer subject to doubt. Belief is then firmly grounded. Is religion able to stand this test? If so, Dr. Young's fears are groundless. If not, it doesn't matter. Truth will prevail...
...this year against M. I. T., and Princeton, the Navy had little difficulty in winning by four and six lengths respectively. Due to the varying weather conditions, a comparison of rowing times is seldom of value, but is a fair indication of strength if a similarity in conditions does prevail. In the first time trial of the year on Lake Carnegie, the University eight covered the mile and three-quarter course in nine minutes and 25 seconds. In the Quadrangular Regatta on May 9, the winning Crimson shell was timed in nine minutes and 11 seconds...
...times announced last night call for the Freshman race to begin at 4 o'clock, the Junior Varsity 4.45 o'clock, and the Varsity at 5.30 o'clock. Should bad weather prevail at these times, the races will each be moved back a half hour. Launches will notify the crowds along the banks if there is any change of time. If it is decided to row the races upstream, this information will also be dispensed by officials from launches...
...focussed. A clash of interests, political and economic, undoubtedly tends, to break off the outlying parts of the Empire from the home-country. Sentiment is lauded on all hands as the binding tie. But as later generations lose the memory of the old country, will sentiment continue to prevail? When the differences in outlook and needs, already recognized, grow stronger than the bonds of affection, dissolution of the Empire will become inevitable. Meanwhile, the world can only wait and wonder which force will pull more strongly: sentiment or self-aggrandizement...