Word: bravely
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Harvard saved its best performance of the year for its best opponent of the year, but the effort-however brave-came up short Saturday night at the IAB, with Penn triumphing...
Some 18 cautious states, including India, Algeria and Syria, abstained, and an eclectic group of twelve states did not vote at all. Noting that these included Bhutan, Rumania and South Africa, the New York Times caustically dubbed the nonvoters as "The Confused, the Brave and the Outcast." (One of these last was the Sudan, which was $65,000 behind in its U.N. dues and could raise only $40,000 before the count began, thus failing to qualify to vote...
...secret to success in this complicated political game is organization. A voter has to be highly motivated to leave his home, brave the inevitable snowstorm and then spend hours wrangling with his neighbors. While nearly 30% of a party's registered voters turn out for primaries in other states, only 10% are expected to show up for the Iowa caucuses, about 50,000 Democrats and 45,000 Republicans. Says Ralph Brown, former executive director of the Iowa Republican Central Committee: "Going to the polls doesn't take much of a commitment. Going to a caucus does...
Soon after entering college, health problems began to limit Wolsky's activities. "I was impressed with how brave he had to be to do what he did in college," Michalski said...