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Word: quite (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many in Britain and France would greet a U.S. decision to quit the war with a sense of "I told you so" satisfaction. But it is certainly not in the interest of America's European allies to see the U.S. humiliated and seriously weakened. There would be troubled questions about whether the U.S. would live up to its contractual defense commitments elsewhere. Many Germans, for example, feel that if the U.S. fails to hold South Viet Nam, as it once promised, it might also fail to come to the rescue of Berlin, as it has also promised. Actually, the fundamental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: WHAT WITHDRAWAL WOULD REALLY MEAN | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

Despite the tie. Harvard coach Seamus Malin was not discouraged. "A lesser team would have thrown up their hands today. I was really pleased by the way our guys refused to quit in the fourth quarter." he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JV Booters Wrestle Brown to 2-2 Tie; Freshmen Outlast Exeter in Storm, 4-0 | 10/23/1969 | See Source »

...must quit worrying whether it is the 'right thing' to suport the black colleges." the article said. "They are here to stay because, poor though they are, they are performing a critical function as educational insti utions and as centers of community strength...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Dean Monro States Need For Strengthened Negro Colleges | 10/22/1969 | See Source »

...argue that it would be good for the Center to move to the Pentagon after we blew it up in Cambridge. We would then be able to blow it up again. Each time, a little of the classified information would be lost and a few of the people would quit from anxiety or frustration. Like a big animal, it would begin to die from the limbs...

Author: By Richard E. Hyland, | Title: In Defense of Terrorism | 10/22/1969 | See Source »

Needless to say, we quit after awhile, though the girls' endurance was admirable. They had even done calisthenics before the game, while we twiddled our thumbs. Meanwhile, Ed Marinaro had scored five times...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 10/22/1969 | See Source »

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