Word: withstanding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...field. The team has had a stiff week of practice, remedying the faults revealed in the game with Worcester. The Groton team, since its defeat at the hands of Milton last Saturday, has developed considerably but it is doubtful whether the light and inexperienced eleven will be able to withstand the Freshman attack...
...live. Perhaps the millenium will some time come, but it is manifest that today bravery and physical qualities are essential to the very life and existence of any nation. This is the reason why we must make our men--all of them--more fit and enduring, more able to withstand hardships. Our college athlete is the fighting type. His spirit, his arms, his legs, are good. The only point where we have in a measure failed is in his setup, the deepening of his chest and the better development of his trunk for suppleness, action and resistive force. That...
...Chamber of Deputies. At the very moment when complete unity of the Allies is more than ever necessary, the plan for an Inter-Allied War Council is jeopardised by the action of the French legislation. The much vaunted "sacred union" of political parties has been unable to withstand the strain of three years of hostilities, for the conflict of political groups is raging as bitterly as before the war, and personal prejudice against ministers, regardless of their qualifications, has more than once determined their fall. Following Briand and Ribot, Professor Painleve has become a victim of the politicians' spite...
...this spirit of wanting to get in to Government service, may easily be come a kind of hysteria. It is hard to withstand the inclination to follow the line of least resistance. It will take real moral heroism for many men to hold steadily to their present duties. They owe it, however, to themselves, their parents, their friends and their country...
...idealistic"; it is at least thoughtful and deserves to have an intelligent interpretation put upon its conduct. After attacking the Union the valiant CRIMSON brushes the mud from its skirts and says, with the air of a martyr: "Those in the van of any new movement must withstand constant attacks from groups of individuals who are compelled to join the camp of the opposition because of their inherent desire to appear individual, obstinate, or wise, on account of their aloofness...