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...while the Crimson steamrolled through its first three games, it stumbled against Iona. The loss to Iona was Harvard's first league loss and highlighted its tendency to succumb to defensive lapses...
...Hamer has not yet fallen victim to the same temptation as his fellow scientists who have been catapulted to national recognition. The subject of Hamer's research was no less in the public eye, but rather than succumb to the desires of public affairs officials and media organizations and come out on one side or the other of the national or regional debate, Hamer has thus far steered clear of making any sociological determinations based on his genetics work...
...miraculous. It is the only former Soviet republic with a stable, convertible currency, and the monthly rate of inflation has dropped in one year from 90% to 1.7%. Unless the rival ethnic communities can turn their present dialogue of the deaf into real cooperation, however, Estonia may yet succumb to the fever of nationalism that has so much of Europe in its grip...
Rather than succumb to Waters complete skepticism, some have simply modified their opinions about how much difference individuals or the government can make...
...grim stalker. It's an incautious conceit, and some of its effectiveness may derive from the recent, equally sudden, equally premature death of Lee's son Brandon on a film set. One begins to think that perhaps the family actually is haunted. But even in happier circumstances, one could succumb to the charged-up romanticism of this dippy, entrancing movie...