Word: contend
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...went the most famous trial in history. For centuries, scholars have argued over the legality of Jesus' trial. Some experts contend that the court's midnight meeting and its casual rules of procedure indicate that Jesus was not brought before the Sanhedrin (i.e., the supreme tribunal of the Jews), but before a synedrion, a political court and advisory body at the disposal of Caiaphas, the high priest...
Committee members contend that the theater management has acted illegally and will ask it to end all restrictions on HLU programs. If no settlement can be made, then HLU will sue the theater for damages and seek an injunction against future pressure on distributors. However, the committee declined to reveal what form legal action will take...
Occasionally too transfixed by Tallulah's performance to make notes, TIME'S representatives also had to contend with her pet bird, a light blue budgereegah named Gaylord, who swooped gleefully around the living room, made pinpoint landings on their shoulders, pecked at their pencils, cigarettes and Bernstein's shoelaces...
...Council will also attend a conference of debating teams at Milton Academy this afternoon. At the conference Robert W. Kratz '51 and John H. Sutter '52 will contend with a Boston College team, taking the affirmative on the topic: "Resolved, That a federal world government be established...
Blood on the Moon contains some of the oldest trappings in horse opera, but the performances make the difference. The heroine looks as if she might really live on a ranch, and like it; the hero has plausible motives for shooting when he shoots. They contend with the villains against handsome outdoor backgrounds...