Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...line buried toward the end of Act Three, John tells Carol, "And now I owe you a debt." That line is essentially John's death knell: an admission of obligation, of defeat at the hands of a student, explodes his entire notion of self. Davidson missed the line completely and others like it that show us who John is or might have been. Instead, he favored the longer speeches, merely growing louder as the play hurtled forward. With no real foundation on which to base his portrayal, he reduced an intricate part to a pathetic boor...
...cannot be improved, however, is her family support. Her husband of 22 years, Francis, and their 10-year-old son, Jared, are at every Harvard game cheering for her and the Crimson. They are the first to congratulate her after a victory, and they share her pain after a defeat...
...Crimson did not roll over and concede defeat. On the contrary, within the space of just over a minute, Harvard created three high-quality shorthanded offensive opportunities for itself, only to fall short each time...
...inability to score, the same problem which has plagued Harvard all year long, however, which led to the Crimson's final defeat...
...death was not announced. It was an anticlimatic end to a life based on sheer willp ower. Injured in a car accident just over a year ago that left him unable to speak, eat or move unassisted, a condition known as Locked-In Syndrome, Bauby refused let the accident defeat him. Working with therapists, he devised a system of communi cation with his left eyelid based on the frequency of letters used in French words. After a short time, Bauby could blink his way through any conversation. He set up the Locked-In Syndrome Association, an organization that tries...