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Word: weakens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...despite the work of Jennison and the ends, this was not Dartmouth's day. The Green's passing was weaken and the line was without the services of Mike Papantones, its best two-way player. The Cross was bigger, it had more depth, and it was further advanced...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 9/29/1953 | See Source »

...wisecracking role that he formerly played under the name of Frankie Remley. His wife, Cathy, works hard, too: she spends six days a week rehearsing and playing the part of Marie Wilson's long-suffering roommate in the radio & TV My Friend Irma. But she is beginning to weaken and, next fall, probably will not renew her TV commitments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Full Steam Ahead | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...results of dropping football in terms of what high-school students and their families think of Harvard might very well cripple the College's admissions program. Furthermore, the alumni reaction might be sufficient to damage the University's fund drives. Lastly, it would weaken the College's policy of providing athletic opportunities for as many different types of students as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn's Choice | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...readership and general admiration of over 200,000 subscribers. As the font of U. S. expression, it has dignity and great selling value for freedom and is worth its annual bill of 3.1 million. To end either the native or U.S. publications because they sometimes offend McCarthy would weaken German opinion of democracy. Every dictator tries first to stifle the press, and America would earn a title close to "dictator" by withdrawing financial props from publications for exercising free speech within...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Attack On Freedom | 4/30/1953 | See Source »

...case, the only way to abolish the filibuster is to demonstrate that it is not a monopoly of anti-civil rights forces but can also be used against pet measures of the Republican majority. Only then will many Republicans who denounce filibusters but vote to weaken the cloture rules (e.g. the Wherry Resolution) unite with the liberals on a cloture provision with teeth. According to the Times the efforts of the opposition have borne fruit as the Senate Rules Committee is thinking of strengthening the rules on rebate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TIDELANDS IBIS | 4/29/1953 | See Source »

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