Word: withstood
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...child, I always thought the favors were the best part of birthday parties. In high school, I seriously considered getting a credit card at one of the cheesier stores in my local mall just because they offered a free mesh bag to all credit card holders. I withstood the urge to charge, but I did pick up a free Sprint pen at a recent Aerosmith concert--and danced holding it all night. The Snapple guy in the street is my favorite sight as I walk through the Square...
Central Park East Secondary School is an experiment that has withstood the test of time. A few years ago, it was one of the most celebrated alternative schools in the country. Deborah Meier, its founder in 1985, was the first public school teacher ever awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, and she wrote a book about her experience, The Power of Their Ideas...
Today, the Crimson (5-7, 2-2 Ivy) hopes to snap off its past trend of playing catch-up. Saturday's game against Duke spotlighted this trend when the Blue Devils grabbed a 4-0 lead and withstood a Crimson rally...
...despite its obvious preoccupation with selected ages, issues, and catastrophes, Timequake rescues itself from complete self-absorption with its anarchical and irrepressible humor-a Vonnegut trademark that has withstood both the ravages of time and countless packs of Pall Malls. By refusing to take much of anything too seriously, the book manages to avoid drowning in its own Vonnegutia or becoming The World According To Kurt (or, even worse, some sort of humanist Dianetics). Popping up all over the book, absurd little litanies such as "something the cat drug in" (what people, especially scientists, like to make each other feel...
...setbacks befell the celebration but were well withstood. Our Olde Town Trolley driver, who found trouble finding her way out of the Square and then confidently dropped us off in front of the Radisson Hotel, drew a few rude comments from drunk first-years...