Word: withstand
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...while You're at it, enable my heirs to serenely withstand claims that I didn't write this prayer - which, it should be remembered by all, was not composed with a byline in mind...
...study shows that the beverage, which is more popular in Eastern cultures, can protect heart arteries by keeping them flexible and relaxed, and therefore better able to withstand the ups and downs of constant changes in blood pressure. Led by Dr. Nikolaos Alexopoulos of Athens Medical School in Greece, the researchers found that among 14 subjects, those who drank green tea showed greater dilation of their heart arteries on ultrasound 30 min. later than those drinking either diluted caffeine or hot water. That's because, the scientists speculate, green tea works on the lining of blood vessels, helping cells there...
...flag, and then, when goalie Volkan Demirel foolishly got dismissed for shoving Jan Koller, Tuncay manned the goal, since the subs had all been used. He probably drove the team bus back to the hotel, too. For the Czechs, it was as difficult a loss as any team could withstand, one made all that harder by goalie Peter Czech's uncharacteristic, and catastrophic, error that led to Turkey's second goal. Czech captain Tomás Ujfalusi called it "a cruel way to end our participation in this tournament...
Head groundsman at the All-England Club, Eddie Seaward, says the new grass was developed because the tournament needed a plant that could withstand the wear of the modern game. Grass surfaces that could put up with lightfooted gents in trousers - like Fred Perry, the Englishman who dominated Wimbledon in the 1930s - couldn't as easily endure the exertions of, say, 6-ft.-6-in. (1.98 m) Max Mirnyi, a.k.a. the Beast from Belarus...
...naturally strong as those of people from other countries," says Qingdao school principal Qiao, repeating what I am told by Sports Ministry officials. "But we can work harder than anyone else. That's our biggest advantage." Chinese women, in particular, are renowned for their ability to withstand brutal training. Unlike in the U.S., where the privatization of athletics means less money for women's sports--just compare the NBA with the WNBA--the Chinese state lavishes funds on its female athletes from childhood onward. Mao used to say, "Women hold up half the sky." In fact, four years...