Word: stood
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Every step of the repair job was a novel and ticklish problem. Parts of the core that stood in the way were cut up and extricated on the points of slender spikes, all by remote control because of their radioactivity. The deadly inside of the reactor was invisible to direct observation, but long periscopes, manipulated through a 3-in. opening in the blanket around the core, gave a clear view of the melted spots. All these lights, probes and gauges had to be specially designed, and they were tested on an accurate mockup of the reactor before the atom...
Davis Jackson, assistant Director of Admissions at Dartmouth, stood by his institution's policy of allowing coaches free rein in approaching candidates, and William D'O. Lippincott, Dean of Students at Princeton, advocated reliance on a "healthy" attitude toward athletics rather than on restrictions...
Members of the two extravagant Houses held whispered conferences in the corners of Lamont all day yesterday in an effort to prevent the impending lighting crisis. John M. Bullitt '42, Master of Quincy, stood on tiptoe in students' rooms to unscrew light bulbs, hoping to save lighting expenses through lack of illumination...
...Oklahoma's Bud Wilkinson among major college coaches. In 1959 Ole Miss was a strong second to Syracuse in the national rankings. Last week, on the strength of its 24-3 defeat of tough Tennessee, Vaught's undefeated, once-tied wing-T squad stood third in the standings for the finest two-year record of any college team...
Against this backdrop of "bafflegab," as Sylvia calls anything the reader cannot be expected to digest without help, her column stood out in bold and refreshing relief. For years she had been explaining the meaning of economics in terms that anyone could understand. Since no one else was doing it, Sylvia had the field to herself. As James A. Wechsler, editor of her base paper, the New York Post, has said: "Sylvia walked into a vacuum...