Word: overwhelming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...limited wars that the U.S. is now fighting, and doubtless will continue to fight for the next half-century or more, have a moral purpose too. In South Viet Nam, this purpose is to preserve freedom of choice for that country and others near it that the Communists might overwhelm...
Harvard's track team did more than merely overwhelm five Greater Boston teams this weekend. They unveiled several new stars to support the old cast while scoring a record 93 points to 45 for runnerup Northeastern in the Sixth annual Greater Boston College Track and Field Meet...
Director Michael Murray achieves the difficult and peculiar French balance between comedy and intellectuality. His direction prevents side-spiting distractions from Giruadoux's pointed satire, and, partly through effective cutting of several long speeches, maintains lightness of faint. He touches, but doesn't overwhelm, the last act with shades of the pathetic and the ridiculous. The resuits are sublime...
...campus life" section, the guide cities the numerous cultural and intellectual activities at Harvard, which it says are "enough to overwhelm any student." In its comparative study of Yale, the guide reports that "prestige symbols on campus now include the intellectual as well as the social...
Kennedy has run a far more respectable campaign than his brother Edward ran in Massachusetts two years ago to swamp George Cabot Lodge. Robert Kennedy won't overwhelm Kenneth Keating, but he will probably join his younger brother's club this January