Word: fought
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Both Green and Doran, however, went on to wintheir singles matches, as did Majmudar. Thesevictories were enough to secure Harvard's firstMurr Center triumph, a hard-fought...
Dissed by even their Republican comrades, the House prosecutors still fought bitterly to make their case. But as their hopeless measure for calling Lewinsky to the floor moved to a resounding bipartisan defeat, their desperation became palpable. Georgia's Bob Barr furiously scribbled notes, as if getting it all down could somehow change the outcome. Bill McCollum's voice cracked as the Floridian seized on what he said were new inconsistencies in the defense, though he knew no one much cared anymore. With odd intensity, McCollum and Wisconsin's Jim Sensenbrenner carefully wrote down the names of each and every...
...struck Clinton that the most successful ex-Presidents were those who had been denied a second term and used their remaining days to restore their souls and reputations. He was impressed by how Herbert Hoover had devoted himself to service; John Quincy Adams had returned to Congress and fought against slavery and the Mexican War. But the greatest of all in retirement, Clinton argued, was the world-traveling, peacemaking, home-building Jimmy Carter, who had turned his library into a center of social action, not a museum. Yes, Clinton said, that was it: he wanted to do something useful without...
Rettig's coach, Tommy Rawson, 90, a legend in Harvard boxing, said Rettig fought like a champion in the final round...
...fiery Harvard co-captain refused to give in although the epic match had gone almost 40 minutes. The two were on center court, and as the audience zeroed in on the climactic game, each point became more important and more hotly contested. The players fought to a 10-10 tie, when, in a defining moment, Orphan lost a step and gave up on the ball. Although the next few points were quite tense, lasting two or three minutes each, Wyant took the match...