Word: withstand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wharton and Rennie Little held off Villanova and Cornell to keep the Crimson in contention up to the final hand off. But anchor man Dave Alpers' excellent 49 second quarter mile was not sufficient to catch Morgan State or to withstand Villanova's amazing Olympic prospect, Charlie Jenkins, who passed Alpers giving Villanova second place...
...Yardling soccer team defeated the M.I.T. freshmen yesterday 7-0 for its second win this fall. Although a fairly strong team, bolstered by eight soccerwise South Americans, the Engineers could not withstand the well balanced Crimson...
...differing architects of the West assembled in London this week to plan a new structure of European defense, replacing the crumpled blueprint of EDC. The task was devious and formidable, for out of ancient hates and modern misgivings the diplomats had to design an arrangement strong enough to withstand the Russians, flexible enough to let the British and Americans stand half in and half out, and roomy enough for Frenchmen and Germans to live peaceably under the same roof...
...caused by an inadequate flow of blood to the heart, some patients can be helped enormously by operations in which their arteries are revamped to send more blood to the heart muscle (TIME, June 28. 1948). But many victims have such enlarged and feeble ("failing") hearts that they cannot withstand the drastic operation, so doctors can only send them home to drag out a few months of painful invalidism...
...offices. Its doors are made of thick steel, and operate as quickly and effectively as a ship's watertight hatches. Both exterior and interior walls are of reinforced concrete; the extra-thick south wall of the main building, exposed toward the probable target point of downtown Washington, can withstand a blast pressure of 35,000 Ibs. per square yard...