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Word: valiant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democrats, in an equally valiant manner, have struck back with domestic issues. Oh good! Gloom and doom. The problem is that even if the Democrats were to win, I doubt any solutions would be forthcoming. The recession might end, but the economy will still be in relative decline, the inner cities will still be collapsing, the homeless won't be finding homes, education will only get worse, and health care will still be inaccessible. Pessimistic? Apathetic? Cynical? Oh, a little, but isn't everyone? After all these years of hearing about the country going to hell, no one cares anymore...

Author: By Thomas S. Hixson, | Title: Localize It | 11/14/1991 | See Source »

...combination of fatigue and lack of communication doomed the valiant Crimson effort...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Shyjan, Chang Kod in First Round of ITCA Championships | 10/18/1991 | See Source »

When you watch COPS, you see just how bad things are, day in, day out. No romanticism about the valiant police officer. None of this insipid morality playing like Rescue 911, TOP COPS or America's Most Wanted...

Author: By J.d. Connor, | Title: Back to Death, Back to Reality | 10/9/1991 | See Source »

...hard to imagine many others being offended by the sappy sermonizing. Sunday Dinner doesn't engage the issue of religious faith so much as gawk at it: belief in God has become a character quirk, like having a funny job or being a witch. Lear has made a valiant effort to break one of TV comedy's last remaining taboos. But God has always been a better straight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: God Comes to Dinner | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

...scientists covet. What he forgot is that although humans may respect these things, the truth does not. What he lost sight of, in the smugness of success, is that truth is no respecter of hierarchy or fame. It can come out of the mouths of mere underlings, like the valiant O'Toole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Science, Lies and The Ultimate Truth | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

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