Word: yieldingness
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Meanwhile, the Lebanese groups holding the hostages released a second clergyman, Father Lawrence Jenco, in July and David Jacobsen last week. Their freedom was obtained without any yielding on the captors' principal demand: release of 17 terrorists being held in Kuwait on charges of dynamiting the U.S. and French embassies...
The loss spoiled the most impressive outing of the season by the Dartmouth defense, which had been yielding an average of 40-plus points per game, and dropped the Green to 0-6 on the season (0-4 Ivies).
Once again, it will be up to the Harvard defense to guard the fort until the offense can put some points on the board--which shouldn't be difficult since the Big Green defense is yielding an average of 45 points per game.
In the next days the colts are ridden with snaffle bits. A responsiveness begins to show. As Ray talks, we understand we are in the presence of a man whose words carry over to every part of our lives. When he speaks of surrender, he doesn't mean yielding to...
Sometimes even the most ossified policy can break down under new pressures. Last April, Dean Spence announced a long overdue reform in Harvard's practice of passing over its own junior professors for tenure in favor of world class heavyweights. Three problems motivated the change. First, the traditional tenure policy...