Word: stood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hopes for cultural unity, but its members represented 15 nations and 450 million free people from North America, on one side, through Western Europe to Greece and Turkey, on the other. And despite the addition of missile-rattling to the Communist arsenal of threats, the nations not only still stood solid on their antiCommunism, but most of them wanted to be sure that the Communists knew it. Highlighters among the speakers...
Because the Club is actually a rather loose organization of former college stars, it is difficult to judge what players will even show up for the game. Boston's starting lineup, however, will probably include several men who have stood out on Crimson teams in the past few years...
...team stood at the end of the tour, sophomore Bob Bowditch had edged junior Tim Gallwey out for the number one singles slot. Neither of them did particularly well on the trip, but Barnaby expects an improved showing with more work. Captain Ned Weld occupies the third position, with junior Fred Vinton at number four, Sohpomore Jorge Lemann and junior Bill Wood round...
...tennis professional and where "Alejo"-as he is called at home-grew up. Over his favorite dish, roast guinea hen, his mother sighed, "We have not seen much of you, and now you are leaving again. But I will be brave and will not cry." That afternoon, as she stood waiting for the plane that carried Alejo back to the University of Southern California and U.S. tennis, she reached up, hugged him hard, and cried. Next big event in Olmedo's life: Wimbledon, in June...
...crimson gates of Her Majesty's Prison in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, a balding little Englishman stood one day last week, blinking in the sudden sunlight. Guy Clutton-Brock, 53, had just been released after 27 days in jail. His wife Molly was 250 miles away in a Bulawayo mental hospital; she had suffered a breakdown following her husband's arrest for associating with African nationalists. Clutton-Brock is what he calls "a practical Christian," and his courageous version of practical Christianity, many African churchmen were saying last week, may be just what is needed to get the church...