Word: swallowings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evaluate courses in each of the five Core areas and then report their findings would prove workable and beneficial. But no system will work without the cooperation of professors teaching in the Core. For the sake of the program and students taking courses in it, they must learn to swallow their pride and accept some constructive criticism...
When the same thing happened a few meets later at the Greater Boston Championships, Rogers recalls former harrier captain Sarah Linsley advising her at the finish line to swallow her disappointment and become a strong, enthusiastic captain despite her personal performances. Linsley's words were apparently not taken in vain, for Rogers has been running more relaxed, faster races ever since, and her ability as a team leader is beyond dispute...
...progressivism should never be abandoned. Those principles are not served, however, by voting for a third-party candidate who stands no chance of winning the presidency. Such misdirected idealism can only help put Ronald Reagan into the White House. Difficult as it may be for some liberals to swallow the idea of four more years of Jimmy Carter, he is infinitely preferable to Reagan and should be re-elected...
...slowly end over end. A woman floats by waving to you as she opens her parachute. You look up and all the passengers are opening parachutes. You look down and suddenly the earth seems very close. You don't have a parachute. You wait helplessly for the ground to swallow...
...progressivism should never be abandoned. Those principles are not served, however, by voting for a third-party candidate who stands no chance of winning the presidency. Such misdirected idealism can only help put Ronald Reagan into the White House. Difficult as it may be for some liberals to swallow the idea of four more years of Jimmy Carter, he is infinitely preferable to Reagan and should be re-elected...