Word: strength
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson rugby team picked up its first win of the season Saturday, as it pushed over four first-half tries to swamp the New York Rugby Club, 18 to 0. This was the first time in two years that the Crimson mustered enough strength to overcome New York...
...this ambitious hope raises the question: does Powers have the political courage--or rather, strength--to stand against the demands of many pressure groups? Last year, Mayor Hynes approved a "white paper" which called for a no-fire, no-hire policy. It has been collecting dust in his desk drawer; due to political pressure, the experiment came to naught...
...first jobs was to work out a plan to help the House of Morgan meet the new conditions. Its assets had fallen from $118.6 million in 1929 to $39.2 million in 1940, as steep inheritance and income taxes ate away its strength. To save the firm from faltering, Morgan and Alexander worked out a plan to incorporate the old partnership, make it a public bank. In 1940 the firm changed its name to J. P. Morgan...
...obviously superior team, it may well underestimate the Crimson's strength and ease up for a respite from the grueling contest with the Midides. More or less on the bottom of the league, the Crimson could do itself a tremendous service by winning. To win, the team must play football vastly superior to what it has shown in its earlier games, and the encouraging factor is that the team is certainly capable of such improvement. To rise to the challenge and knock off the recognized giant of the League would give an incalculable lift to the team's confidence...
Physically, the Crimson has never been in better shape. With the return of third-string center Tony Watters, coach Yovicsin has three entire teams at full strength for the game...