Word: daunting
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...that failure, widely expected, does not daunt the intrepid young actor. According to Eisenberg, Cursed was “unique,” as the script developed “real characters. A lot of horror focuses on the horror. So you lose that development,” he told The Crimson a day before the film’s release...
Despite his inexperience, Gross was effectively charged with a set of tasks overwhelming enough to daunt even the most industrious: juggling the responsibilities of two deans while streamlining the bureaucracy, managing several lower-ranking deans and maintaining oversight of 6,500 college students...
...lend the Authority the security forces under his control to make Abbas strong enough to challenge the militants. According to a Palestinian source, before he acts, Abbas wants guarantees from Arafat, including a written statement supporting a strike against Hamas. Even then, the prospect of fraternal bloodshed might daunt the Palestinian Authority rank and file. An Authority soldier told TIME a few weeks ago, "I don't want to betray my people or be killed for the $300 a month I earn...
...attic,” he told us, and, since already I loved the wolf’s theme in Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf,” I decided to play the French horn. The convolution of tubing didn’t daunt me, nor did the bus driver’s helpful suggestion that I should have taken up the flute. My parents never had to tell me to practice and endured with grace my first spasmodic renditions of “Mary Had a Little Lamb?...
...grace of union organizer Larry Foreman against the manipulative Mr. Mister and his corruptive influence over the people of Steeltown, reflects the anti-labor unrest of the New Deal and a distinctly 1930s theatrical sensibility. But the work’s deeply rooted historical relevance didn’t daunt Director Patrick W. Hosfield ’05, who will be bringing the show to the Loeb Ex this weekend. In fact, Hosfield and the rest of Cradle’s cast and crew have used the uniqueness of the show’s history to enrich the experience...