Word: sustain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Apparently to forestall an appeal, Justice Carew neither sustained nor dismissed the writ of habeas corpus by which Mrs. Vanderbilt sought to get her daughter back from Mrs. Whitney. Instead he made Gloria a ward of the Supreme Court of New York, appointed Mrs. Whitney her custodian as the Court's representative. He ordered Mrs. Whitney to continue the child's schooling, maintain her "in a manner suitable to her fortune" ($2,800,000), provide a Roman Catholic governess who would instruct her in her mother's faith.* Gloria should never be taken out of New York...
This experiment should alleviate the asked for outdoor parking. The income will sustain the maintenance charges problems of students who do not wish to leave their cars in a regular garage in the opinion of the University. If it does prove successful, authorities will make every effort to obtain further accommodations. If the experiment, however, turns out to be a failure, the lot will be opened to the public...
Though Germany has given Thomas Mann only a grudging preeminence, Europe and the U. S. acknowledge him as one of the greatest living writers. Readers of his masterpiece-in-progress will echo the prayer of Critic Gabriele Reuter: "May the guardian angel of great literature sustain Thomas Mann, that he may complete this work as powerfully and beautifully as he has begun...
Harvard was rowing in the Olympic trials at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, back in the summer of 1932. Bissell, Cassedy, and Whiteside carefully mapped out their plans for the race. They knew that Harvard was primarily a long distance crew. They knew that the Crimson couldn't sustain a high beat for any more than a quarter of a mile. The race was over the Henley distance. They decided to row at a comparatively low stroke for the first mile. Then a quarter of a mile from home, the crew was to throw it in high...
...immersed in pure carbon dioxide will be quickly deprived of the air necessary to sustain life, and will of course die. Immersion in pure water is a ''deadly poison" in this sense...