Word: prevailing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...martial law in Algeria?which he has so far hesitated to do?and thus choke off the rebellion by drafting men into the army, requisitioning property, arresting and interning suspects without formal charges. On the other hand, the uprising could also come too late; Salan cannot possibly hope to prevail against the F.L.N. without at least partial army support, and there are signs that the longer his terrorists go on murdering Gaullist officers, the greater becomes the disgust of the French army...
...Deadline for the end of the first phase was Dec. 31. 1961. The French warned that unless the substance of a new farm program was worked out by that date, they would veto passage of the Common Market into its second four-year stage, in which majority rule would prevail on all but specific major decisions. Forewarned, delegates of the Six gathered in Brussels' Palais des Congrès in mid-December to haggle over the complicated terms of the agreement...
...gallant performance by Army's goalie frustrated the varsity hockey team for most of Saturday evening, but the highflying Crimson managed to prevail, 5 to 1, over the visiting Cadets...
Marx says that socialism will ultimately prevail if history takes its course. Why should Russia make man begin again when he has passed so far along the turbulent road to socialism? I cannot picture x and y fighting. Nor do I know of a society destroying itself intentionally. Wherein lies the advantage of a nuclear holocauset? Most people want peace . . . yet there is always the possibility of a fanatic touching off of a nuclear war (for that matter the new health services building might disolve in the next rain storm . . . or even become an efficient medical center) and this uncertainty...
...bomb would presently be "primarily a mass killer of people in war" rather than a nuclear weapon of any real military use. "Fear is the oldest weapon in history," said Kennedy. "Throughout the life of mankind, it has been the resort of those who could not hope to prevail by reason and persuasion. It will be repelled today, as it has been repelled in the past-not only by the steadfastness of free men but by the power of the arms which men will use to defend their freedom...