Word: herculean
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...opener, the Crimson powered past Brown thanks to the stellar running of Staph. The fifth-year senior, who had entered the game with a grand total of 14 carries in his entire career, rushed 28 times for 152 yards and three touchdowns. Though injuries later would sideline Staph, his Herculean single-game effort got Harvard’s season off on the right foot...
...there was little need for rain dances after Nyweide was done. On Saturday, he lasted the full nine, throwing a Herculean 154 pitches and keeping the bullpen fresh...
Other publications did not exercise such restraint. This esteemed paper did not ease the flow of virulently anti-Palestinian articles and images in its editorial pages: while Israeli soldiers were besieging Ramallah, Qaluilya, Nablus, Tulkarm, Bethlehem and Jenin, The Crimson published a cartoon of a vicious serpent besieging a Herculean Israel (April...
...getting the two sides back to negotiating such a far-reaching solution is a Herculean political challenge. Given the political climate in the West Bank following Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield," Arafat will likely demand greater Israeli withdrawal as a precondition for any cease-fire. But while ending the siege of Arafat was a symbolic gesture Israel could undertake at little tactical cost, the Israelis may be more reluctant to relinquish the ability to send troops into Palestinian towns at a half hour's notice in response to any specific attack or threat...
...writing to express my utmost shock and outrage at the cartoon by Benjamin I. Rapoport ’03 (Editorial Cartoon, April 12). The cartoon, featuring a Herculean Israel surrounded by a Hydra of snakes, a clear reference to Palestinians and potentially a reference to surrounding Arab countries is a disgusting racial slur and an affront to decent journalism. If you agree that even implied racism is intolerable, it is irrelevant that the cartoon fell short of placing a Palestinian or Arab label on the snakes. To refer to Palestinians as snakes not only reflects plain bigotry but it also...