Word: accomplishments
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...school, it was a major breakthrough when we were permitted to wear pants to class in the winter. I now see girls heading to school who appear to have forgotten to get dressed at all that morning. We were told if we worked really hard, we could accomplish anything boys could; now it would never occur to girls to think otherwise...
...place fourth, while rain, wind, and even snow couldn’t slow the co-ed squad in Geneva, N.Y., as the Crimson finished third. “We ended on an up note which is really great. I’m feeling pretty confident about what we can accomplish in the spring,” sophomore Grace Charles said. ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIPWild weather led to a shortened slate of competition for the co-ed field, but Harvard stayed strong in the five-race event. “We went in expecting a pretty rough weekend both weather-wise...
...This is about your will," Bob Turco said to rookie players as they gathered around him on the school's small turf playground. "Your will to accomplish something you don't understand and just say, 'I'm going to prove I can do this.' " With the backdrop of classic Harlem brownstones behind them, the students split into lines and learned basic skills, such as passing and scooping the ball, while Turco called out instructions. "I never see them listen to anyone like this," said Anderson from the sidelines. "This is really something...
...pilots of France's presidential Airbus may want to keep their engines idling. For despite the enduring crisis and darkening recession, few participants or observers of the summit believe the gathering will accomplish anything beyond initiating a very long and still murky effort to address some of the factors that led to the rot and implosion of U.S. financial markets and its contamination abroad. "We are not hoping for much from the G-20 meeting," admitted Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday. "It is only the start, even if it is a promising...
...Obviously, the extra attacker when they pull their goaltender is something we’re going to have to spend some time working on,” Flygh said. “We played desperate. We didn’t play to our systems and what we wanted to accomplish.”Although the goal mirrored Harvard’s second-period tally, when Kessler was pulled to create the offensive pressure the Crimson needed to get the puck in the net, it also spoke to the early season struggles of the team’s defensive unit...