Word: staying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been difficult here as elsewhere to stay at the high tide of optimism. The veteran, backed by G.I. Benefits, has not found his personal problems of readjustment difficult. But veteran and non-veteran alike find hard the complex of college, national, and international problems which now vie for their attention. The temptation is great to become immersed in the close-at-hand affairs of the University, or to concentrate overly much on tasks of limited scope such as shipping food boxes to foreign students. Even greater is the temptation to follow the example of Noah who returned to the safety...
...Varsity boat brought up the tail end in the nine-way regatta (won by Wisconsin) and suffered the ignominy of trailing both M.I.T. and Princeton, their meat of a week before. In their race, the Jayvees did a little better, finishing seventh in the field, while at Cambridge the stay-at-home 150's walked away from Princeton, Cornell, Pennsylvania, and M.I.T...
...wintry rain and made Morón airfield on schedule. The new U.S. ambassador was a man in a hurry. He had come to negotiate with Juan Perón. To the Army major and Navy lieutenant who brought the President-elect's wishes for "a pleasant stay in Argentina" he rasped: "Tell the Colonel I appreciate his saludos and hope to see him soon...
...Haven, when the flicker which opens the show refused to flick, the unperturbed Welles cracked: "This just proves what many of us in the theater have felt right along . . . movies are not here to stay...
...Miami, Dr. Grice, stripped to his white sleeveless jumper, was soon supervising in wards and teaching procedure in lecture halls. His team would stay five or six weeks, the physiotherapists longer if necessary. Treatment for the disease, whose mysteries remain largely unsolved: Sister Kenny's hot packs to relieve pain and muscle training to restore function; occasional non-specified drugs, plenty of rest...