Word: withstand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made by advancing so close to U.S. lines that the artillery range could not be shortened for fear of hitting U.S. troops. That enemy drive was stopped by machine guns, and the enemy dead that day were estimated at 500. But no position constructed like Coconut Grove could withstand the artillery pounding indefinitely, and at week's end it was mopped up. The 77th swiftly pushed west and north, closing on Valencia...
...This fault is overcome in the silicones by replacing the carbon atoms in organic compounds with a much tougher combination of silicon (basic ingredient of sand) and oxygen. The result is a material combining the flexibility of plastics with great resistance to heat, water and air. Some silicones can withstand temperatures from 60 below zero Fahrenheit to 575 above...
Professor Hu based the ability of China to withstand the ravages of war for almost eight years on four main factors. These are China's vast superiority to Japan in quantity of land and manpower, its intense national patriotism, and its firm belief that the forces of good must eventually overcome those of evil...
...Japan is pushed into her Inner defense citadel, her supply lines become shorter. Navy Under-Secretary Ralph Bard said last fortnight that Japan may even have a shipping surplus now to transport the leavings of her once-great Empire traffic. But not even the shortest supply lines can withstand the loss of about 600 small and large ships which the Empire suffered in September. Most of Japan's losses occurred in the Philip pines, where Mitscher's flyers sank 205 vessels of all sizes, damaged over 200 more...
...against these facts stood another fact: France, through her four years of struggle, has achieved a spiritual unity that may withstand the tensions from both left and right. If it does, France will have a republic, moving steadily leftward. If it does not, France will have Communism or a military dictatorship...