Word: withstood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...starting things, teeing off from the blue line for an unassisted marker after a more 2:12 of play. The Crimson kept the offense even after penalties, and Bram Arnold soon added the first of two tallies, taking the puck all the way unassisted. The defense, sparked by Greeley, withstood every threat, while McKean added a third goal to the cause after a flurry around the cage...
Unsuccessful stabs at conquering stratospheric crags have also found College participants out in full force. A peak in the Himalayas known only as "K2," but the second highest in the world, withstood all the efforts of Harvard mountaineers, in 1939, as it has all other aspiring climbers...
...offensive; some will recall Franny Loe's 88-yard run through the rain and mud in 1941, also in Palmer Stadium, to give the visitors a 6 to 4 victory; others will remember last fall's 13 to 12 triumph for the Crimson at Nassau, as Harlow's team withstood a frantic Tiger assault and Carl Libert's passes in the final minutes of play...
...terror, it may well be that they think it pays them and helps them to perpetuate their rule by representing to the otherwise blindfolded masses of the brave and goodhearted Russian people that the Soviet Government stands between them and a repetition of the horrors of invasion which they withstood, when it came, so manfully...
...preferred stock, largest new-money preferred issue of all time, was snapped up in short order last week. In a few hours, the stock ($100 a share, 3.75% annual interest) rose as much as 1½ points in over-the-counter trading. But the fact that husky G.M. withstood the plunge was no convincer to less virile companies. In the last month, 13 companies which also needed cash had dropped plans to issue common stock. Until the water got warmer, it looked as if the cheap way to raise cash, by common stock...