Word: sustain
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...some of the weaknesses in his songs simply by being enthusiastic. Every note he hits, every yelp, scream, and ironic refrain is uniquely his; this far into his career, he still sounds completely into it. It’s admirable, but makes you wonder if he can sustain such dramatics for much longer. The similarity between “Trouble in Dreams” and his last album shows that, after much experimentation, Bejar is finally finding his niche, and is therefore ever in danger of becoming a caricature of himself.For now, however, the product still sounds fresh...
...Such changes aren't only happening overseas. "How do you sustain an Army ... where the soldiers are volunteers, and the families are volunteers, and get them to stay with us during these very challenging times?" Army Secretary Pete Geren wondered aloud to military bloggers on March 26. At least part of the answer is money: The Army is doubling what it spends to take care of families, he said. The Pentagon is experimenting with three-year sabbaticals - including health benefits, but no pay - for personnel desiring a break in their military service. Other family-friendly measures include letting family members...
...captain Matt Vance said. “[The teams are] well coached, play hard, and are in the games for all nine innings. They’re definitely some tough teams and they’ll be playing for the national championship.”The Crimson failed to sustain enough offensive rallies over break and scored just six runs in the final four games. Injuries to senior star Tom Stack-Babich and sophomore starter Eric Eadington also impacted the team’s performance.SAN DIEGO 14, HARVARD 4Harvard started the game red hot. A two-run single by junior...
...that they are willing to risk their lives to claim these boons. It is a measure of their dutifulness that they often evoke a certain patriotism to rationalize their choice. There is nothing ignoble about this deal and there is nothing ignoble when they realize that their idealism cannot sustain the sacrifices they are called upon to make. What is ignoble is the failure of the military to live up to its end of the bargain and the way the institution exploits their good faith and their innocent belief in a system that does not believe in them...
...about its playoff hopes.Harvard began the weekend in third place in the Hay division in which only the top two teams advance to the postseason. If Harvard hopes to claim one of those spots, it will have to take a lesson from the Trojans in the coming weeks and sustain its late-match energy from start to finish...