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Reminding everyone of these crimes is the only way to combat the whitewashing of Castro’s brutality by useful idiots like Stone. Communist dictatorships, after all, can only survive in an environment of lies and distortions. The Cuban regime cannot withstand the truth...
Challenged by a front-loaded schedule that featured its two toughest road trips of the season back-to-back, the Harvard men’s basketball team could not withstand the pressure. After getting swept at the hands of the Killer P’s last weekend, the Crimson dropped games at both Brown and Yale this weekend, effectively ending its chance at a first-ever Ivy League title less than halfway through the conference schedule...
...meager Harvard training quickly proved insufficient to handle the rigors of FSU social life. By day seven of my research excursion to FSU, even the milk in my morning corn flakes started to reek of the taste of Natty Light. My inability to withstand seven days of the lifestyle that many FSU students have spent four (or more) college years perfecting proves that nature may be a limiting factor in one’s quest to become the perfect partier. Yet, even if the average Harvard man or woman is not meant to party like they mean it every night...
...impervious to bad weather--in front of the missile as it nears its target. That pulse can destroy any electronics within 1,000 ft. of the flash by short-circuiting internal electrical connections, thereby wrecking memory chips, ruining computer motherboards and generally screwing up electronic components not built to withstand such powerful surges. It's similar to what can happen to your computer or TV when lightning strikes nearby and a tidal wave of electricity rides in through the wiring...
...knew that if I could withstand the pressure, I could make it to the Olympics,” he said...