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...killed 10 years ago, and she was clearly pained-nonplussed by the quality of anger, the sheer hatred, directed against her. That experience would be a walk in the park compared to the vitriol if she ran for President. And while I'd love to see someone confront, and defeat, the free-range haters on the right, the last thing we need is a campaign that would polarize the nation even more. Indeed, we could use the exact opposite-a candidate who would inspire America's centrist majority to rise up against the extreme special interests in both parties...
...turns out, prospective students aren’t the only ones who have to defeat the odds to get into Harvard...
...with each luminescent smile. Her naïveté offers stark counterpoint to Turner’s world-weariness. After she and Turner are discovered she remarks absently, “nothing is likely to come of it.” Turner feebly assents, but hangs his head in defeat...
...they want," says David Lane, senior marketing director. "They want wines that taste unique to the area." In other words, American consumers aren't looking for one mass-produced Wonder-bread wine, so why try to make, say, a French Chardonnay that tastes like one from California? That would defeat Gallo's whole purpose in pursuing international wines...
After jumping out to a 2-0 lead in their opening game only to fall to Princeton, the Bears returned the favor in the opening round of the consolation bracket, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Bison 6-5 in the first sudden-death overtime...