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Word: withstood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their first League encounter last Saturday, the Tigers withstood a fourth period Brown rally and won 7-5. The Crimson topped Brown earlier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Squad Meets Princeton | 5/1/1965 | See Source »

Sophomores Howie Henjyoji and Ed Pranquemont had hoisted Harvard into the tie with a pair of decisions, each by a single point. Henjyoji, wresting 123, withstood a two-point takedown by Rutger's John Brennan in the last minute of the match, and held on for a 9-8 win even though Brennan was awarded an additional point for riding time. Franquemont clipped the Scarlet Knight's Geno O'Donnell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Bow to Rutgers | 2/25/1965 | See Source »

With the aid of a disputed call, Franklin and Marshall's wrestlers clung to an early lead and edged Harvard 15-14 on Saturday night. F and M withstood a last-minute surge by the Crimson that almost reversed the verdict...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Franklin and Marshall Clips Wrestlers, 15-14 | 12/14/1964 | See Source »

...curls, 6-ft.-long ears and a yard-wide mouth on its 7-ft.-high face. Seated, with hands in lap, palms up and thumbs together in the traditional Buddhist attitude of contemplation, it was completed more than 700 years ago on the seaside near Tokyo, and has withstood tidal waves (1495) and earthquakes (1923). The figure on the left in the cover design, from Thailand, and the one on the right, from Nepal, are familiar examples of the thousands of images of Buddha around the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 11, 1964 | 12/11/1964 | See Source »

...supported racial integration in public schools; he has also angered many laymen by denouncing the John Birch Society and other groups on "the radical right." In 1961, after defending the right of California's maverick Bishop James A. Pike to describe the virgin birth as a myth, Hines withstood criticism with his usual equanimity. "A bishop," he shrugs, "is the lightning rod of the ecclesiastical heavens and sometimes must be prepared for shocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Episcopalians: An Ecclesiastical Lightning Rod | 10/23/1964 | See Source »

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