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After allowing the Tiger offense to dominate the first half, however, the Crimson defense made a complete turn-around in the second. Led by superb goaltending from junior Kate Schutt, and some stubborn defense, Harvard was able to completely shut down the Princeton attack, holding the Tigers scoreless over the last 30 minutes to stay in the game...
...process he has undeniably made mistakes, based on a stubborn belief in himself. Yet his stature and integrity remain such that these failings tend to enhance rather than diminish his humanity. Camus once said one man's chains imply that we are all enslaved; Mandela proves through his own example that faith, hope and charity are qualities attainable by humanity as a whole. Through his willingness to walk the road of sacrifice, he has reaffirmed our common potential to move toward...
...slippery fish--not so subtle imagery. At one point the lyrics ask if the fisherman has caught her fish. She clasps the fish in her hands tight as he squirms and wiggles. But not every thing is worth struggling for. The fisherwoman, weary from battling the stubborn fish, tosses him back into the sea. If things weren't clear enough the emcees go on to tell us to watch the erotic dance closely. The crowd loved the dance and it's hard to tell if it was due to the dancer's merit or Ivy League sexual repression...
...Hall's close-minded and stubborn nature was also the root of her finer qualities, a fact which comes through nowhere more clearly than in the matter of The Well of Loneliness. A newly best-selling and award-winning writer, Hall put her career at risk and her personal life on public view in order to consciously write a book that reach out to and to try to help win acceptance for "my people...
...nagging nonetheless. Born and raised in Romania and trained as an engineer, Paul moved to Los Angeles in 1984, and like all good Angelenos, she decided to become a model. Paul was already svelte and stunning, but despite a near maniacal exercise regimen she couldn't shed a few stubborn pounds. So she abandoned her strict fruit-and-vegetable diet, cut back on carbohydrates and gobbled proteins. Before long, she had dropped the extra ballast and was turning away modeling offers...