Word: withstand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...place where the University can put us. We would prefer to be elsewhere where we could broadcast without disturbing local sets. Until a time when we are so situated, we are trying to eliminate as many complaints as possible." He explained that average radio sets aren't constructed to withstand possible interference from a very powerful station nearby...
...justify restrictiveness. Further, the year to year doctrinal shifts (first, the grounds were morality, then fear that the draft might put freshmen in the Houses, and finally this) suggest that the stated reasons might be camoflage for more deeply-felt convictions, too fatuous to publish and too sickly to withstand prolonged scrutiny...
...thing the space doctors are sure of: human bodies and nervous systems resent fluctuations of gravity. Moderate increases are not too bad if they do not last long. The crews of Von Braun's shuttle rockets would have to withstand nine "Gs" (nine times normal gravity) for brief periods as they left the earth. They could survive by lying on their backs on contour couches, say the space doctors, but they would not enjoy...
...controversial) worked up a new policy paper (NSC-8/2) for the National Security Council. In it, MacArthur's advice was misrepresented: he was quoted as saying that the combat readiness of the South Koreans justified complete U.S. withdrawal, while his warning that the South Koreans could not withstand invasion from the north was ignored...
Washington and London guessed that Peking was disappointed because there was no mention of Russian industrial or financial aid, which the Chinese need to withstand the strain of the Korean war. But some of Russia's top military, production and trade experts had taken part in the talks. Very likely, Chou had got less than he wanted-but more than the communiqués admitted...