Word: withstanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only must a preparatory or secondary school man pass entrance examinations equal in scope and demands to those of other institutions; he must, in addition, withstand the rigours involved in the securing of an appointment and the proving of himself as physically fly according to a high standard of fitness. A slip in any one of these pre-cadet requisites spells disqualification...
...dependence upon the eleemosynary institutions of Harvard Square have strongly enforced upon the Vagabond the inadvisability of putting much faith in the economist's interpretations of the dollar. But it is at least consoltion to him to be assured that others have struggled feebly to enjoy life and yet withstand the cost of living, in past centuries. It must be therefore in a sympathetic frame of mind that Professor Usher will lecture on "The Rise in Prices 1500 to 1700" in Widener U at 12 o'clock today...
...aimlessly while away the time between classes. The old beer shops, where all gathered Saturday night for an evening of good fellowship, are but a sacred memory. In their place have come movies, cars, and wholesale migrations known as the "week-end exodus". The last common meeting place to withstand the pressure of progress was compulsory chapel, and at last, mirabile dictu, even this has been abolished. With no time or place for informal contacts and general discussions, there is at present little opportunity for the formation of public opinion on any question affecting the common interest...
Dear as such patriotic and cultural revivals attempting to withstand an unexotic uniformity, may be to the lover of the humanities, they are unfortunately a last gesture before the advancing front of commercialism. Just as the great London papers penetrated Wales and threatened its native tongue, so must the efficiency of mass production inevitably break down the barriers of custom and nationality. Protective tariffs imposed merely to support an interior industry are economically unsound; a confusion of dialects clogs the channels of trade and diplomacy. The radio, moving pictures, artistic advertising, all the weapons of modernity, are weapons as well...
...Germans both agreed on the fact that America's future lay in her youth and her size. Europe being too small and old to withstand the surge of modern civilization...