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...Every game each week is big for us," Hirsch says, "but it does have a special significance for me and for this team in particular. This is our last hurrah, and we have yet to play the way I think we are very capable of playing. We haven't shown what we can do--and what better time than...
...today's meet will be the last hurrah for its seniors: Bill Bland, Spencer Punter and Rob Failla. Failla will compete today inspite of an inflammation in his foot that kept the captain sidelined since the team's first meet in mid-September. (Oddly enough, that was the last time the team competed in Van Cortland Park...
...function of this book is not that of a guide to good usage or a & dictionary, though it is a necessary complement to both. Despite its peculiar shortcomings, it remains a sterling reference tool and deserves a bravo!, bravissimo!, well done!, ole! (Sp), bene! (Ital), hear, hear!, aha!; hurrah!; good!, fine!, excellent!, whizzo! (Brit), great!, beautiful!, swell!, good for you!, good enough!, not bad!, now you're talking!; way to go, attaboy!, attababy!, attagirl!, attagal!, good boy!, good girl!; that's the idea!, that's the ticket!; encore!, bis!, take a bow!, three cheers!, one cheer more!, congratulations...
...competition had a different feel entirely. Early in the week, the Unified Team waged a spectacular last hurrah. Its gymnasts occupied four of the top five spots, and its sixth gymnast beat the best performer from the U.S. team. In a sport where differences are measured in thousandths of a point, the Unified Team twisted and spun to gold with more than five full points to spare over China and Japan. Coming a night after the women's tense team competition, the exuberance of the men's unified effort was a welcome relief. Teammates cheered and hugged and seemed...
...powerful, however. Many Thais agree with Sukhumbhand Paribatra, a political-military expert at Chulalongkorn University, that "what we are witnessing is the military's last hurrah. The last few days' violence was its dying gasp." But he adds that he "can't say when, how or at what cost" a civilian-led democracy will prevail. In fact, the death watch on military rule, if it really is that, may well drag on through weeks, months or even years of tension, turmoil, renewed demonstrations and possibly even more bloodshed...