Word: prevails
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next day, before a jammed Knesset, Premier Moshe Sharett defied hothead cries for war and promised: "Israel . . . has no intention of embarking on aggression or provocation." The Parliament unanimously voted him confidence, endorsed his moderate course of appealing to the U.N. for redress against Jordan. But would moderation prevail...
...varsity starting time and the changed direction, which will allow spectators to get a better view of the race, were made possible by a re-evaluation of the tidal conditions that will prevail on race...
Said Dulles, as he departed: "I believe that no Soviet efforts can prevail against our constructive purposes and I hope that they will not be tried. If the Soviet leaders come to Berlin with a genuine desire to create conditions of peace, they will find us open-minded and cooperative, and we can together do much good for Germany and Austria and, indeed, for Europe and the world." The other, unspoken "if" was written through the budget message...
...will also have to close down eventually, and Papini's heart has its reasons for this, too. "Many Christians . . . think that a God who is truly a father cannot torture his children eternally . . . that, at the end of time, that is, the present world, mercy will have to prevail over justice. If this were not so, we must think that Christ's own Father is not a perfect Christian...
...Impotence-that is the flaw of our men of power . . . The statesman worthy of the name is the one who can make his own designs prevail over the passions of a Parliament, as he would be able, were he dictator and absolute master, to reduce to silence his own passions. Such is the gift of persuasion and of leadership which has been bestowed on none of our weak rulers...