Word: withstanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Scientists at Princeton have found that the rope would have to be a thousand feet long and three inches thick to withstand the onslaught of the two combining classes. A tug of war was decided on last year to take the place of the historical flour picture, but the student council is now at a loss to find a suitable substitute...
...Admiral Sims later said, "The great aircraft force which was ultimately assembled in Europe had its beginning in a small group of undergraduates at Yale" (TIME, June 14, BOOKS). Trubee's father, the late Henry P. Davison, Morgan partner, and his father's friend, were unable to withstand his arguments, his zeal. They became ardent backers, bought flying boats and equipment for the Unit. In September, 1917, 29 fliers were thus made ready for the War-except for Trubee, who continued to be the spirit that held the organization together, even from his hospital bed. After...
Viscount, Cecil: "My Lords, it would be a very weak woman who could not withstand the physical demands upon members of the upped House...
...word, they urged him that he enter the city and hew down the Roman soldiers and Pilate and rule over us. But when knowledge of this came to the Jewish leaders, they gathered together with the High Priest and spake, 'We are powerless and too weak to withstand the Romans ... we will go tell Pilate what we have heard, and be without distress, lest if he hear it from others we be robbed of our substance and ourselves be put to the sword and the children of Israel dispersed.' And they went and told it to Pilate...
...records which seems certain to withstand assaults in the fiftieth annual I. C. A. A. A. A. championships at the Harvard Stadium May 28th and 29th is the mark of 181 feet 6 1-2 inches which Frederick D. Tootell of Bowdoin established in 1923. That mark, made the year before he won the Olympic title, was ten feet further than any other throw in the history of the association. It was more than 105 feet better than the original I. C. A. A. A. A. record for this event and it is my belief that the improvement in this...