Word: succour
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...considered an early prototype of the socially conscious guerrilla fighter, "cultivating friendship with the local people, who were happy to have a protector against the marauding Philistine tribesmen, even if for this he demanded tribute. He foraged far and wide, bringing retribution where it was due and giving succour where it was needed." Even in one of the most tragic defeats of Hebrew history-the futile defense of Jerusalem against the Roman general Titus in A.D. 70-Jews displayed a fanatic resourcefulness. Making early use of the fifth column, they sent into the Roman ranks supposedly disaffected citizens who offered...
Harvard's record now stands at 14-7, 12-6 in the ECAC, and 8-1 in the Ivy League. Yale, waiting patiently for its undefeated freshman team to provide succour...
...support we hope there will be drawn a very sharp and salutary lesson for the so-called sportswriters of today, whose craven columns pale at the first signals of depair. When the lilacs send their lovely odors into the spring air, let these timid miscreants, like us, give their succour here at home, where it is most needed. Indeed, it is truly said, local loyalties are the finest flowers of civilization...