Word: withstand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clear that any break with the powerful NCAA, whether partial or complete, could not take place unless there was a tightly knit Ivy Group that could withstand a possible NCAA boycott...
...plane at London Airport, he was whisked off to dinner at No. 10 Downing Street. Over the brandy, Prime Minister Churchill launched into the subject now dearest to his stout old heart: a "parley at the summit." But Dulles was expecting the lecture, and came determined to withstand it. In the words of one dinner guest, Dulles "flatly rejected" the P.M.'s proposal...
...result of her confession and her papers, the cops got busy. But they did not make arrests until they were ready. Then twelve suspects were arrested, and braced themselves to withstand torture, but instead, the police showed them photographs of conspirators keeping rendezvous, passing documents in parks, etc. The pictures had been taken with telephoto lenses from roofs, treetops and other vantage points. As a gratified cop said, "They sang like nightingales...
...river Charles were suddenly to flood all of Cambridge, there would be only one building fully prepared to withstand the raging waters. Below decks in Vanserg Hall, the NROTC has accumulated an historical and practical collection of Naval what-nots. Sextants, compasses, and half hitches stand beside depth charges and three-inch guns. Guiding me through this seaworthy maze was Lieutenant R. H. Curtin, NROTC gunnery instructor...
...home team's weak defense was unable to withstand the scoring attempts by Yardlings Henry Holmes, Harry Wexler, Bill Parker, Geoff Chalmers, "Red" Murphy, and Jim Polese, each of whom added a goal to Robertson's starter to bring the final Crimson total up to seven...