Word: musters
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...always impressed by those students who valiantly muster the motivation to wake up at 7 a.m., arrive at Lamont by 8 a.m., arrange their study materials, set up their laptops—and then fall asleep...
...attacks. Still, it might be a good idea to stick to the trains: Vietnam has one of the world's highest road-fatality rates. And, of course, most people have to fly in the first place to get to the comparative tranquillity of Vietnam. But for those who can muster the courage?or find a Valium?for a flight to Hanoi, the inner-peace train awaits...
...some of the game's best exponents find themselves sitting it out. Some individual geniuses have the misfortune of being born in countries lacking in footballing talent: Manchester United's George Best, the supreme artist of the 1960s, never went to the big show because Northern Ireland couldn't muster 10 other world-class players to play alongside him. Sometimes, favored teams inexplicably miss the cut?remember England in '94? The expansion of the Cup's final stages was supposed to improve the odds in favor of good players and squads: 32 teams participated in France '98, as against...
Cooking for other people is nice, especially now in school when a homemade meal is sort of a novelty. And of course it makes me happy to hear that my version of chicken satay passes muster with my Thai roommate. She did say it had a distinctive “Rachel style” to it, which, considering my lack of Asian ancestry, is sort of a confusing compliment. She ate it anyway, though, so I won’t dwell...
...have to look much further than Robert Tools. The 59-year-old grandfather and retired technical librarian had suffered from congestive heart failure for two years; by last June he was getting ready to die. His liver and kidneys had nearly quit, and he could hardly muster the strength to lift his head off the pillow. His doctors ruled that he was too ill for a heart transplant. They gave him less than one month to live...