Word: braved
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...carry on, brave Postal Service, the Target thought as he grudgingly addressed his correspondent in Lexington as 02173-8087. Carry on through snow and rain and gloom of night, for even those numbered citizens who sometimes make fun of you still need you and depend on you. --By Otto Friedrich
...under the law. If he can champion the rights of AIDS patients, he reasons, then someday he may be able to do the same for gay men--or anyone else. Zhou dreams of representing a gay man in an antidiscrimination lawsuit, but so far, no plaintiffs are willing to brave the exposure. "Law and policy always involve compromise," he says, "and sometimes being a progressive means taking things one step at a time." --By Susan Jakes/ Shanghai...
...herself down in his reception area and waited. After about six hours, the puzzled ceo invited her into his office. He listened to her story, reviewed her file, sensed her resolve and agreed to loan her the cost of the house. "You just have to persevere and be brave," Leo, who is still paying off her mortgage, says today. "If people tell you that you can't see the boss, don't listen to them. You've got to be determined." Getting ahead is no easy task in Africa. It takes a plan, purpose and sometimes a streak of stubbornness...
...leaders, you wish they would speak less and do more. Not so long ago, it was clear where Australia's leadership stood on such matters. The Australian public is less equivocal. Already there is strong support for Chen's claim for asylum; ordinary people can readily identify a (crazy) brave act and seem grateful for Chen's heads-up based on his allegations of an army of Chinese informants operating in their country. Ambassador Fu Ying offers the idea that Chen is an opportunist who has chosen to remain in Australia for lifestyle reasons. It's more plausible, however...
...stage debut, and they must be reasonably hearty to endure long rehearsals, even longer plane rides and, of course, the performances. For the show always goes on. As the group members sing in one of their most popular numbers, Forever Young, by the legendary Dylan, "Be courageous and be brave,/ And in my heart you'll always stay,/ Forever young, forever young, forever young." That's exactly what they intend...