Word: yielded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...response to Khomeini's demand for the Shah, Carter, in a forceful performance during a nationally televised press conference last week, renewed his vow never to yield to blackmail. His stand has won him the strongest support among Americans since he became President...
...left-handed DNA molecule could yield new information about gene activity and could also contribute to the understanding of cancer and basic cell functions, scientists said yesterday...
...Rocks yield ancient footprints
...courtroom arguments in favor of drilling, no one knows how much oil can really be tapped from the shoals of Georges Bank. But even oil industry experts admit that the yield from the tracts to be auctioned will probably be far less than from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay or the Gulf of Mexico. Best guess: 123 million Barrels over the 20-year lease period. Brought up in a single haul, that would provide the U.S. with only about one week's supply of oil. If not oil, then natural gas could be drawn from Georges Bank...
Green is such a calming color that many school walls are painted "educational green" to reduce the restlessness of students. Now educational green may have to yield to an even more soothing tint: "jailhouse pink." According to Alexander Schauss, director of biosocial research at City College in Tacoma, Wash., the sight of the color pink changes the secretion of hormones, thus reducing aggressiveness. A jail commander in San Jose, Calif., who has tested the theory says it works-for a while. Lieut. Paul Becker found that prisoners were less hostile for the first 15 minutes in a cell that...