Word: musters
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...Robert Oppenheimer, for instance, is unquestionably accepted, but not necessarily Conservative Edward Teller. Members of other disciplines concede intellectual status only to the most creative and original scientists, relegating the rest into a vast limbo of mere technicians and experts. George Babbitt's sneering at longhairs could not muster anywhere near the savagery of one intellectual's proclaiming that another...
Frick showed no interest in justice or the strikers' proposals. He simply put in a call to the Piftkerton Agency, already notorious for its ability to muster indefinite numbers of strikebreaking mercenaries who were delighted to do battle for $5 a day. Frick swore to hold fast, "if it takes all summer and all winter, and all next summer and the next winter. I will never recognize the union, never, never...
...time had come to publicize and muster support for the cause. And this is where Bernays briskly rubs his hands, rolls up his sleeves, and jumps...
...most south Texas towns, Mexican Americans in Crystal City (pop. 10,000) outnumber Anglo-Americans roughly 4 to 1. But not until two years ago did they muster enough voting strength to elect their own people to local office. Then, a group called the Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations (PASO) launched a get-out-the-vote drive, produced a winning slate of five Mexican American city councilmen. It was the first time that Anglos had not controlled the municipal administration, and it was hailed as a harbinger of change throughout south Texas politics...
Navy, hurting from inexperience and injuries, could not muster a victory in any of the twelve singles and five doubles matches. Harvard also was not at full strength, Number one player Dave Benjamin, whose back bothered him all through the Southern tour, did not play, Chum Steele (four) arrived from the Carib-Hilton Tournament too late for the singles, but won in doubles with partner Clive Kileff...