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Word: prevailing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...another plea to the democratic countries of the world to come to the aid of Spain. He remarked that although while Madrid was held by the Loyalists Great Britain and France, along with the other "neutral" nations, would give that city no aid, he expected a different situation to prevail in the event the capital fell into rebel hands. President Azana lacked imagination. Now these self-styled "neutrals" will not have to wait until the defenders of Madrid are routed. Recognition by Germany and Italy is obviously for the purpose of sending the rebels openly and in even larger quantities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BROTHER'S BLOOD | 11/19/1936 | See Source »

...stadium last Saturday Virginia was represented by players whose sense of fair play and sportsmanship did the University credit. It is disappointing that in the field of editorial opinion a precisely opposite attitude should prevail. In their desire to have a winning team at any price the undergraduates of Virginia have indicted amateurism for crimes it never could have committed, and their cry, instead of being a call to a better world of sport, is nothing but the last shriek of retreat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: APOSTASY IN THE OLD DOMINION | 11/14/1936 | See Source »

NORMANDIE--Between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupation, which is known as the COCKTAIL hour (apologies to HWL.) Every afternoon from 4.30-7.30. Popular Prices Always Prevail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: with the NAVY Goat | 11/13/1936 | See Source »

Tigers and tiger rhythm will prevail Saturday night as Adams House entertains with a formal dance to Ken Reeves' music from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 10/29/1936 | See Source »

...Turney's studiously poetic dialog lacks the full-blooded majesty and thunder that would have enabled it to prevail against the magnificent settings of Jo Mielziner. And Actresses Mendelssohn and Roos, playing their parts like transplanted Lady Macbeths, reduce the play to the proportions of a family feud among the Borgias...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 26, 1936 | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

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