Word: contend
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Socialistic Community. For socialism cannot stand up against open discussion." Professor T. N. Carver, David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy in the University, sided with Professor Sprague and characterized as "temperamental rebels" those people who advocate the establishment of a Socialistic form of government, or who contend that Socialism is the goal of economic evolution...
...East vs. West matches William Johnston, whose defeat on an off-day by the dependable tennis of Dr. George King (TIME, Aug. 10) caused many sport enthusiasts to proclaim him a doddering curmudgeon, went out to contend for a place on the U. S. team with Vincent Richards. Playing with the familiar wizardry that has made him, for many years, the most popular player in tennis, he met Richards' cannonball service with flashing drives, confused his net game with precise lobs, fought through an exhausting match...
...best settlement based upon a money consideration only. The fact which forms the fundamental basis of the world's future is that this country today stands as the only nation of the world resting solidly upon democracy, and that we cannot afford to hold out or even contend for the last cent that can be taken from our debtor nations at the imminent risk of creating a feeling that we forced an unfair settlement rather than one of liberality...
...follows then that the book runs the gamut of the sad story of the explosion of the last remnant of the Holy Roman Empire. One marvels, in view of all the enormous difficulties with which Count Burián had to contend, how the Austrian Government (the Hungarian Government voted against war) ever dared to expose the tottering Empire to what was a known peril...
...struggle, college men, and not a mere handful either, have established themselves in the literary firmament. Those who come after, those who have not as yet graduated from college, will find their way easier. They will not be swayed by the heat of conflict; nor will they have to contend with overwhelming opposition. If possessed with talent and energy, college men may now develop their literary powers in as inspiring and favorable a milieu as has never before been granted to creative genius...