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Under heavy pressure, Fitzpatrick scrambled from side to side, desperately searching for a man open downfield. After slipping one sack, he found himself wrapped up by a second pursuer, but, unwilling to succumb to the tackle, Fitzpatrick put the ball up for grabs and Penn’s Luke Hadden snatched the ball...
...limited itself to students who voluntarily uploaded their own photos. Instead of the shock of seeing your awful first-year image broadcast to the world at large for open competition, such a site would have brought joy to attention-seekers and voyeurs alike. A site that allows us to succumb to the guilty pleasure of judging our friends and enemies in an e-Darwinist free-for-all would be acceptable—and hilarious—so long as its targets all choose to opt themselves into the spotlight...
...that. Rookies take note—the restaurant’s profit-conscious owners want you to fill up on refried beans, carrot sticks and rice, so that you don’t eat your fill of meat later on. Be strong, and don’t succumb to the temptation. Many an eager young eater’s challenge has fallen by the wayside after he loads up early on tepid fried eggplant and mediocre garlic bread...
BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY STARTED AS "ANYTHING BUT CLINTON" IN ALMOST EVERY AREA--THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH KOREA, CHINA. NOW EVENTS HAVE PUSHED IT BACK MUCH CLOSER TO YOUR APPROACH. DO YOU EVER SUCCUMB TO SCHADENFREUDE...
Daryl Hannah has a potent monologue about giving birth to three children, all of whom succumb to birth defects. Susan Lynch tears your heart out as she imagines passing a snow day in Boston with the child she does not have; her hotel maid (Vanessa Martinez) dreams of the child she gave up for adoption. One speaks Irish-accented English, the other Spanish. They can't understand each other, but they do communicate on some very basic level. Aside from Marcia Gay Harden, above, covering a hard-used life with near sociopathic behavior, the other characters are less well developed...