Word: withstood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the lie "grew." DuPre spoke all over Canada, contributed the proceeds of his fame to the Boy Scouts and ordered his share of the royalties from the book (now in its third printing) turned over to them. DuPre, who had repeatedly said in the book that he had withstood torture only because of his great "faith in God," explained that the only reason for talking about his adventure at all was "to prove, especially to the young, that a man with faith can endure anything." His wife, who knew about the hoax from the beginning, had another explanation...
There is a very broad range of degree of Communist pressure on prisoners. In some of the cases described in Dr. Charles Mayo's report to the U.N. (TIME, Nov. 2) men withstood frightful beatings and torture, as well as concentrated attempts at brainwashing, without confessing. On the other hand, Colonel Schwable was not beaten or tortured in the ordinary sense. He said he was subjected to mental cruelty and kept in a dirty hovel, without shaves or haircuts, to "the point where I was as filthy as a tramp...
...spring of 1896, Frank Lloyd Wright built a wooden windmill tower at Spring Green, Wis. It was slender and 60 ft. high, built of two-by-fours and wood sheathing anchored to a heavy stone foundation. The lightweight wood construction was designed in perfect tension balance, and it has withstood the storms for over half a century, far beyond the life of steel windmills built at the same time...
...Middies did it the right way, too, leading from start to finish over the mile and three-quarter distance. And Navy withstood the Crimson's big challenge. The varsity, stroked by Larry Brownell, upped its beat to 32 and pulled to within a decklength midway through the race. But Navy gradually widened the gap, and was midway through the race. But Navy gradually widened the gap, and was clocked at 8:44.3 to the Crimson's 8:47.8. Penn was four lengths back with a time...
Finally the pressure in Peter Akulonis' head grew too great to be withstood. He sidled around the shop, eyes wild, trying to pick fights. Then he quit. "I hope you choke, you bastards," he shouted, and walked out the door. Last week, after a few days of brooding, he roused himself to go job-hunting, but after one halfhearted attempt, he began drinking instead. One Little Room. Early in the afternoon he went back to his four-room flat, picked up a carpenter's ax, walked into the bedroom and killed his wife (with a single stroke from...