Word: withstood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Political news from Tokio is full of ominous rumblings, but thus far the Kato government has withstood the onslaughts of the opposition. The House of Peers called upon the government, of which Baron Kato is Prime Minister, to "consolidate its diplomatic policy," describing it as "retrogressive and weak "-particularly in China. This gave the cue to the opposition in the Lower House, who brought forward a motion expressing lack of confidence in the Cabinet. Kato, however, was strong enough to defeat it by an overwhelming majority...
...pays mechant!" This, or its modern equivalent in English, was the decision in a recent court order which forbade an Ohio publisher to circulate an edition of Rabelais. Certain other books by prominent French authors, classics of French literature, have been suppressed elsewhere in this country. These books have withstood the criticism of centuries, have been included in all the great libraries of the world, and have been listed among the best products in any literature. We are still censoring them, and our great-great-aunts, the mid-victorian, ladies who dressed the piano's "limbs" in pantalettes, would give...
...Dartmouth Freshman basketball team defeated the University Freshmen at Hemenway Gymnasium last night by a score of 28-24. Though played to a standstill in the first period the visitors forged steadily ahead into a lead afterwards which safely withstood a late Crimson rally...
...present session of the British Parliament, which opened yesterday, promises to be the most eventful in years. David Lloyd George will face his critics in an unusual situation--a Prime Minister without a party. The coalition, which has withstood so many hard assaults, seem finally to be showing signs of weakening. Nominally representing a Unionist government, the Premier has alienated many of his conservative supporters by his advocacy of liberal measures, while the Liberal Party, with whom his sympathies naturally lie, refuse to accept the prodigal as their leader because of his treatment of Asquith...