Word: withstand
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...received training on how to withstand abuse. It's not about the pain or physical torture. In training, you can't induce the fear of the unknown - you always know the exercise will end and you'll go home. The worst thing for us would have been to lose the sensation for life. I thought I would end up like Eli Cohen, hanging in the city square. You lose faith in reality. You can train people to survive the pain but not the unknown...
...Brainard said that the chairs that were put into the Woodberry Room by Aalto are no longer manufactured by Artek and would therefore need to be custom-made. She also said that Aalto’s original chairs did not withstand the heavy use of the poetry room...
...their citizenry by taking down the leadership of Hamas and Hizballah, and that a failure to do so would simply invite further provocations. But the track record suggests that military means may be unable to accomplish that goal, and the militants know this. They are clearly betting they can withstand the Israeli offensive as the civilian casualty toll and the destruction of infrastructure inevitably bring calls for restraint from the West...
...Although the BOJ is officially independent, its governors are subject to far more government influence than U.S. or European central bankers. Complicating matters is a scandal over Fukui's personal finances that could further weaken his ability to withstand political pressure. Fukui has been in the hot seat since revelations last month that he invested in a fund run by shareholder activist Yoshiaki Murakami, who recently admitted to insider trading. Although Fukui made the investment in 1999 when he was working in the private sector, and the BOJ had no regulations for incoming officers to put their assets...
...Roller Coaster without serious incident before this week. But short of conducting echocardiograms on every child who wants to ride, says Dr. Arno Zaritsky, of the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, there is no way to know who has a hidden heart defect that might not withstand the ride's quick 0-60 mph acceleration, stomach-churning corkscrew turns and blaring rock-and-roll music...