Word: tested
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Such support and spirit culminated at Saturday night's big meet against Penn.Although the score was 21-9, it does not reflectthe true competitiveness of the meet. With adouble overtime, an overtime and three one-pointwins, the Quakers were definitely put to the test...
...Dowlings' living room at 25 DeWolfe St.last Wednesday, the House masters sipped tea andnibbled on imported cheeses, participating in atradition that has stood the test of Harvard time...
...would be silly to suggest that people actually don't care about dirty doings by powerful pols. They may not let it affect their vote, but it would be superhuman not to find it darned interesting. "Is it interesting?" remains the most important test of newsworthiness. "Is it true?" is also important, naturally. But assuming a story about a politician's peccadilloes is true--assuming it's interesting is almost superfluous--should the media report it? That depends on a third test: Is there a public interest (in the sense of a stake, not mere curiosity) that justifies the invasion...
...addition would be between the park and a chairlift that runs along the edge of the park. FIS had originally objected on the grounds that the skiing time for the current course--about one minute and 30 seconds--was too short to be a "true Olympic test". Additionally, FIS asked to use part of the restricted area on the grounds that recreational skiers were already using the part of the park that Kobayashi claimed previously to have rare plants that needed to be protected...
...controversies--the downhill event, the charge card issue, the flame continually being extinguished during its run through southern Japan, even the recent leftist mortar shell attack at Narita International Airport--are but the pre-Olympic warm-up. As the world turns to Nagano today, Japan will face its largest test...