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...history of the Jews in the Diaspora and its "shame" completely and instead teach the youth to venerate their ancient ancestors who lived by the sword: the generation that originally conquered Canaan; the Maccabees who defeated the world-power Greece; most of all, the Zealots at Massada, who withstood Roman assault for two years and when the end was near committed mass suicide rather than live as slaves. It is a significant fact that Israeli soldiers are sworn in on the heights of Massada, overlooking the Dead...
WALTHAM--With the Brandeis cheerleaders leading the cheers of the SRO crowd here tonight, the Brandeis squad pulled within four points with one minute remaining in the game. But the Crimson withstood the challenge...
...flag upside down, as a distress signal. Once the Statue of Liberty meant a new life for generations of immigrants; the protesters chose to convey a considerably more somber message. Yet the statue and what it stands for have survived worse crises than the Viet Nam War, and withstood graver challenges than the veterans' occupation...
Coach Bill McCurdy said last night he expected a Crimson win and added that the squad had been encouraged by its victory over Army. "Last Saturday we withstood the assault of warlike people. We successfully upheld the bastion of intellectualism. We face a similar problem tomorrow: we have to win it for religious freedom...
...that turned into a civil war with East Pakistan's Bengalis fighting to set up an independent Bangla Desh (Bengal Nation). Nearly 1,000,000 people were killed and 10 million refugees streamed into India. "We have borne the heaviest of burdens," Mrs. Gandhi said last week, "and withstood the greatest of pressure in a tremendous effort to urge the world to help in bringing about a peaceful solution and preventing the annihilation of an entire people whose only crime was to vote democratically. But the world ignored the basic causes and concerned itself only with certain repercussions. Today...