Word: quested
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...settlement, New Amsterdam. The big city made it plain that it enjoyed seeing the Queen too: a quarter-million people cheered her as she rode up lower Broadway to be welcomed at City Hall; the applause went warmly on at dinners and public appearances during her visit. In its quest for good will, The Netherlands had made no mistake in sending Juliana back to the New World...
...quest for hot news of this sort can only lead you to greater and greater breaches of good taste and common decency. Such an expose article embarrasses the "Advocate," creates antagonism among undergraduates against the CRIMSON, and leaves a bad taste in the reader's mouth. In short, "to expose malfeasance" OF THIS SORT is not within the province of the CRIMSON. Stephen S. Rosenfeld '53 Nicholas Brown...
...again in 1942, oil companies nibbled at options and were on the verge of drilling, but backed out at the last minute. Not until ten months ago, with oil rigs sprouting all over the area, did an Edmonton brokerage firm put up the money to resume the quest...
Ithaca is filled tonight with rabid alumni who came up to see Cornell begin its quest for the Ivy League title, which many forecasters predict for the Big Red this year. The contest, Cornell's home-coming game, begins at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell has been installed as 34 point pregrame favorite...
...spending for the immediate future by stating that he did not believe total expenditures for security should exceed $55,000,000,000 for the coming fiscal year "unless the need for still greater outlay can be very plainly demonstrated." He feared, however, that the administration would succeed in its quest for appropriations of $65,000,000,000 or more...