Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...returned to Chicago to run a nonprofit for investment banker and Obama backer John W. Rogers Jr.--his mentor since their years together at the Lab School, where Duncan says he followed Rogers around "like a puppy dog." Duncan proceeded to co-found a small school with his sister. He then ran the magnet program for the Chicago board of education and was the system's deputy chief of staff, before being tapped to serve as its head. His 7˝ years as superintendent produced mixed results. While he oversaw modest gains in student achievement, Duncan's tenure was most notable...
...borderline mental retardation in the body of an Adonis is surprisingly touching. Despite the fact that he has slept with Joel’s wife numerous times, even Joel can’t help but feel sorry for him when Suzie refuses to return his affection. Like a dog, Brad certainly knows better, but he’s also this movie’s best friend. Such over-the-top hijinks are appropriate for well-placed minor characters like Brad and Dean, but they can’t make a central protagonist, and this is where the movie falls apart...
...miles I've walked in the spectacular landscapes of the American Southwest, one of the most memorable was a stroll over a stretch of desert scrub with a scruffy, playful, sweet-as-can-be black-and-white dog named Harley. We met at Dogtown, a section of the nonprofit Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, www.bestfriends. org, outside the Utah town of Kanab. Harley, like many of the approximately 500 dogs at Best Friends - and many of the pigs, horses, birds, rabbits, mules and other animals who live there - was abandoned by his owners. Others had it worse. They were abused, used...
...saying goes, every dog has its day.Yesterday belonged to the University of Connecticut Huskies at the Malkin Athletic Center, but by a slim margin.Following numerous lead changes, the Harvard women’s volleyball team (2-2) dropped its contest against UConn (3-5), 3-2.The day was not decided until the fifth set, which saw the Crimson jump out to an early lead. Husky blocking and a Harvard net violation put UConn on top, 5-3. Suffering from several service errors, the Huskies then stumbled into an 8-7 deficit. Sophomore Anne Carroll Ingersoll took advantage of the Husky lull...
...quit on Karzai, the result would be disastrous for both Afghanistan and the U.S., says Ashraf Ghani, a U.S.-educated presidential contender. "If the U.S. leaves, it will be 'dog eat dog' here. We'll be the human zoo of the region," says Ghani. Like other Afghan intellectuals, Ghani foresees a grisly scenario in which the Taliban sweeps into Kabul, taking revenge on thousands of "collaborators" who helped Karzai and the Americans. Millions of ordinary Afghan citizens - including those who embraced the Western promises of education for girls, democracy and a place for Afghanistan in the 21st century - would flee...