Word: strengthing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...battered and war-weary team of Crimeds gathered their reserve strength Saturday and outlasted the editors of the Daily Princetonian...
Peace will, of course, just mark the beginning of Nigeria's real difficulties, because instead of waging a relatively easy war, the government will be facing staggering problems of redevelopment, relocation, rehabilitation. And the old spectre of triablism will draw strength from the inflamed passions...
Crim and tackle Fritz Reed have been sick with the flu the past week but both should start today. "Princeton's too big; you play even if you're sick," Reed said, and he expects the Crimson to be at full strength...
Army and Navy are somewhat unknown quantities, and have been strong in recent years. Yet on the basis of comparative scores and times, McCurdy doubts that either service academy can combine the front-line strength with the depth necessary for victory...
...fight with the kid up the block for the first time. You ran home bleeding and crying to your mother and she patched your wounds and told you, "You can't fight with boys, dear. They're stronger than you are." And she was right. Boys not only had strength you could never match, they had all the paraphernalia of strength: sweat socks, Erector sets, laundry bags full of shoulder pads, aircraft carrier models, framed photos of The Varsity, dirty books, baseball cards and pup tents, while you got the leftovers: paper dolls, hair curlers, bedmaking, frilly underwear, dishwashing, piano...