Word: prevailing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there is one thing that even the most responsible students can not be trusted to do--control themselves in the presence of women during the evening. The Administration feels that when boys and girls get together, unchaperoned, in a dark, moonlit room, then wild passions and jungle instincts will prevail. Thus, although students may host women in their rooms from 4-7 p.m. every weekday, nights are another thing entirely. Even on Friday, women must be on their way by 8 p.m., which gives a normal person hardly enough time to digest dinner...
...Administration's logic is clear. In the daytime, propriety will prevail, but at night, things get out of hand. Besides, Friday night is a night for study, not play, and even responsible students must be protected from distraction...
...proof of Author West's fictional skill and Christian spirit that his ending is psychologically convincing and unconventionally happy because it is holy. His implied moral: few men are chosen to be saints, but many are called to prevail over wickedness with good...
...gratifying to note that one of the important matters which your convention will consider is the concept of world peace through law. Peace cannot prevail until men and nations recognize that their conduct must be governed by respect for and observance...
...game progressed, the Crimson scrum began to prevail over their counterparts, and with the Indian fullback out of the game with a broken hand, Harvard should have...