Word: unsung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many people would be strong enough to just say no? To reject immediate wealth and accept a relentless shadow of violent death? Yet the major did say no, and turned over the data to his superiors. His bravery is only one unsung ballad of honor in Colombia's crusade against its cocaine cowboys. It is also the exception, not the rule...
...planes, ships and artillery units to spot the enemy from afar has made the difference between defeat and victory in many a battle. In a Nova TV episode called Echoes of War, which was shown on the Public Broadcasting System last week, radar was hailed as the military's unsung hero of World War II. As physicist I.I. Rabi once recalled, "Maybe we could have won it without the atomic bomb . . . but without radar we could have lost...
Griffith and senior defender Andy Barnard shared the Class of '59 Trophy for leadership and enthusiasm, and the Herman Hammerman Unsung Hero Award went to senior long-stick midfielder Peter Long. Freshman defender Lars Richardson was the Most Improved Player...
Junior Sheila Findley earned the prize for outstanding swimmer, Stacie Duncan received the best freshman award and Tri-Captain Karen Schneider was named unsung hero of the squad...
...everything else," Vukonich says. "You're guaranteed at least three points before you step on the ice. I don't get any credit around here--I'm the unsung hero, the seventh player...