Word: braved
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...father, Jawaharlal Nehru, and from her perpetually ill mother, Indira Gandhi was dispatched to a variety of schools across India. As a teenager, she went to Europe, where she moved in and out of university and sanatorium. She was lonely and infected with tuberculosis, a disease no one was brave enough to mention at the time because it usually meant an early death. Back in India, her father constantly lectured her and, when it suited him, used her as a cipher. His famous Letters from a Father to His Daughter, penned in prison, were never sent to her. Instead...
...service in four countries, offering speedy, "always on" Net connections. But few manufacturers make souped-up handsets and the networks are idle?while the world continues to simply talk on their cell phones. Will 3G be greeted with a similar yawn? DoCoMo is putting on a brave face, insisting it will be the first 3G provider on the planet. Its big competitor these days: the Isle of Man (pop. 73,000). Think of it: video conferencing between the Irish Sea and Hokkaido will soon be a snap...
...mayor Richard Riordan still putting on a brave face? He?s got to be nervous about the possible repercussions of a strike...
...quietly. Tens of thousands of his supporters have flocked to the capital, Jakarta, in a bid to stop moves to oust their leader, and the most ominous among them may be the massive militia that bears the ominous title "Brave Movement to Die Defending Gus Dur." Some of Wahid's rivals, of course, are supported by militias of their own - most notably the ambitious parliamentary speaker Amien Rais, who originally backed Wahid to keep out Megawati, but now demands his resignation - raising tensions on the streets of Jakarta to boiling point...
...home safely with relatively little damage to Sino-American relations. Ross, on the other hand, is more than willing to expend other people’s lives to show those uppity Chinese who’s their daddy. If only the reigns of power were held by someone as brave as this Crimson columnist, then those Chinese wouldn’t be so cocky...