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Other qualities are also needed, he says. Single-mindedness is requisite: "Tunnel vision helps. Being a bit of a s___ helps. A thick skin helps. Stamina is crucial, as is a capacity to work so hard that your best friends mock you, your lovers despair and the rest of your acquaintances watch furtively from the sidelines, half in awe and half in contempt." Whatever you do, don't become a wage slave, writes Dennis. "The salary begins to have an attraction and addictiveness all of its own. A regular paycheck and crack cocaine have that in common...
...fired up. We came after it like UCSB did to us...the guys just would not break.”Wins by Nguyen and Ermakov tied the score at 3-3, and the match came down to court 1, where Clayton’s seemingly infinite stamina was grinding his opponent down.“I changed my gamestyle around,” said Clayton, who has been known to be in the middle of his first set while all his teammates are finishing their matches. “I started hitting the ball hard and heavy to his backhand...
...like scheduling a gym visit with friends, can turn a general desire to exercise into a firm commitment. Trying to do without a trainer, or at least tapering off slowly when you quit, can help you learn to be accountable only to you. We may never again have the stamina of a 2-year-old, but recapturing even a little of our early-life energy can make our later lives a whole lot healthier...
...dominance becomes frustrating at times, but the audience can use facial cues and the clear blocking to understand the action.At just over three hours in length, “Così fan Tutte” asks a great deal of its audience, both in terms of attention and stamina. The cast and crew hold up their end of the bargain and deliver a performance worth the audience’s effort. For those who are still opera virgins, the twisting plot and provocative subject matter make “Così fan Tutte” a good first experience. Rest...
...three pointer is not falling, you kind of live or die by it,” Housman said.Although the weekend resulted in two losses for Harvard, the team did display the ability to compete with arguably the two best teams in the conference, while showcasing an impressive reserve of stamina. Both games, however, showed a crippling weakness in post play.“Execution, toughness, rebounding—that’s all on our plate for this week,” Harris said.—Staff writer Mauricio A. Cruz can be reached at cruz2@fas.harvard.edu...