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...Redd won’t have much time to revel in her latest victory. She says she has to begin preparing for the national competition...
...Board), but he would tell us quite directly that he was unwilling to share the information and why. If we got something wrong, we heard about it; when we got something particularly right, we heard about that too. Regarding issues on which reasonable people could disagree, he seemed to revel in the chance to conduct debates back and forth with us, and though he rarely yielded his position, he was willing to acknowledge the strength of opposing viewpoints. Interacting with Lewis sometimes made us want to tear our hair out, but the number and quality of our exchanges helped...
...Everest expedition. Those who were on the team knew what was really important. They had seen life held cheaply; they had witnessed bravery, nobility, horror, shame and sacrifice. I don't mean to imply that they were depressingly earnest. On the contrary, all accounts of the expedition revel in the fun the group had, with parties galore in Sherpa villages. But I doubt if anyone on the team thought he was doing anything more significant than climbing a mountain. Those men kept things in perspective. One of my single favorite sentences in all literature is Hunt's description...
...Mather is truly to rise from the ashes, it needs to attract hundreds to revel in the bubbles—hence the poster campaign that is currently blanketing every surface on campus. The poster designers strategically chose to use Louie, of Louie’s Superette, as their celebrity sponsor. Pictured on the flyer in a Matherhaus T-shirt and sweatband, Louie is “symbolic of partying,” says Prabhu. Taking advantage of what he calls a “close personal relationship” with Louie, Corker says that after he presented him with...
...bogey, matching the Japanese who three-putt. As I learn on ensuing holes, Sawat knows what clubs to select, measures distances like a surveyor and reads the contours of greens as if they're her personal rice paddy. While my rivals drive heroically only to narrowly miss putts, I revel in rough and hunker in bunkers?and then drain epic putts thanks to my guru Sawat...