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...environment, by outside powers, or that the nation is in the grip of immutable forces. This rejection of fate, this insistence that everything is possible, is surely the dominant American characteristic, and at the heart of its genius. Other nations cringe before fate, or endure it nobly, or outlast it patiently. America insists on dominating, on bullying, fate. This is very invigorating and liberating, for "fate" is only too easily used as a justification for inaction, for maintaining an old order no matter how miserable...
...seven man John Pickering filled the seat of the injured Howard (three stitches) and the Crimson eight regrouped to outlast a persistent Rutgers crew en route to a four second victory in its first race of the season...
...Bruegel, a ridiculous pas de deux between the queen and a giant rooster. In a final Princely touch, darkness envelops the opera house. Then the spotlight focuses on the demon Ashmedai, who is smiling down from a box in the theater; it is a visual grace note that will outlast anything the audience has heard...
...works. Verna Johnson, the durable administrative assitant to the dean of the Faculty, calls him a "mediator": "He would seek ways of getting at a solution by talking at great length, endlessly. I think he worked best sitting down and talking with people. And I'm sure he could outlast most people...
...authorized Preus to dump dissident district presidents 60 days before they were up for reelection. Herman Neunaber of the Southern Illinois District was the first to reach such a deadline. But last week Preus chose "counseling and brotherly admonition" for Neunaber instead. The peace-on-earth approach may not outlast the season, however. Odds are that come spring Preus will expel one or more district presidents, at which point his foes will probably begin to leave the theologically split church...