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Word: sustaining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Virgil: "Who are these that seem so overcome with pain?" And Virgil answers: "This miserable mode the dreary souls of those sustain, who lived without blame, and without praise. They are mixed with that caitiff choir of the angels, who were not rebellious, nor were faithful to God; but were for themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lucky Jim & His Pals | 5/27/1957 | See Source »

...last play. Finished in 1943, it had a turbulent pre-Broadway road tour in 1947 and closed out of town. Whatever production difficulties it encountered, A Moon has internal troubles that go much deeper. In the current production, three accomplished actors cannot save, or even for long sustain, the play. Nor is the general effect one of crude mass: it is much more one of sheer dead weight. O'Neill's greatest fault-using too many and too flaccid words-flattens out a story that is at best never intense enough; it evokes, not the shock of living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, may 13, 1957 | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

Bonn naturally wants NATO to plan for halting a Soviet offensive at the Elbe, rather than at the Rhine. But such a goal is admittedly impossible to achieve, and nuclear retaliation must be the primary objective. Yet, America can afford to sustain its NATO troops at their present force, if only to avert European fears and neutralistic repercussions. Besides, an adequate European ground force is vital to protect the missile sites which would launch the nuclear reprisal...

Author: By Robert H. Neuman, | Title: NATO and Nervousness | 5/8/1957 | See Source »

America, then, must continue to balance political necessity with military strategy. Britain, unable financially to sustain superfluous troops in Western Europe, cannot afford this luxury. But, in the course of the current meeting of the NATO Council, Continental nations should be made to realize that nothing more than token service can now be paid to the outdated concept of deterrence through the use of conventional military forces...

Author: By Robert H. Neuman, | Title: NATO and Nervousness | 5/8/1957 | See Source »

Since Major Higginson intended the Union, like all democratic institutions, to be self-supporting, its overseers rapidly constructed a system of officer elections and dues to sustain the clubhouse. The Harvard Union offered speakers, pre-game rallies, post-game dances, debates, discussions--to its members. The restaurant and snack bar were open all week long, ladies were permitted on weekends, and professors--either guests or members--were welcome anytime. Since Cam- bridge was a no-license city, students had to go either to a final club or to Boston for beer and other "exhilating beverages." For returning alumni, the Union...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Union | 5/3/1957 | See Source »

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