Word: withstood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard line withstood the onslaughts of the flashy Eli backfield better than was expected. Parker's broken field running and Crowley's scoring punches were the only Blue attacks which punctured the Crimson defense. The performance of the Harvard ends, W. C. Barton '33 and H. G. Reisner, Jr. '33, and that of I. B. Hardy, Jr. '33 and fullback chiefly marked the Harvard play...
...separation has been an aggravating divisive factor. Initial pride in both the College and Sheff, still centers around the word "Yale," and the old succession of affections--university, class, society--still holds. There is no reason to believe, therefore, that the residential halls will injure a tradition which has withstood greater changes before. Yale is too vital a being to entertain these thoughts as even remote contingencies. --Yale News
...looked worried when her father observed: "I have withstood a great demonstration, feasting in Washington, late nights, early mornings, and hectic middles...
...adventure, since he had hiked across the continent some time before. At any rate, he concealed himself aboard the City of New York, and was not discovered until the bark was well out to sea. He had stayed in his hiding place for several days without food and had withstood the danger of asphyxiation during the fumigation of the ship prior to its departure. Certainly here was a young man eager to embark on this great and dangerous expedition to the southern ice continent. Happily for him, Commander Byrd was so impressed by his courage and excellent stamina that...
...advanced 200 heralds and standard bearers, caparisoned, magnificent. Squealing and rasping followed an immense native orchestra. Next came, lumbering and lurching, a score of royal elephants bearing jewel-studded howdahs. Shielded by the howdah curtains sat King Monivong and others of the blood royal whose stern stomachs easily withstood the motion. As the procession passed, both French and native troops lined the way, saluted the funeral car, and kept the multitude of mourners back...