Word: valiant
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Factor in a final, valiant eight-point loss against then-No. 8 Penn that culminated in a failed comeback bid somewhere on the Quakers’ five yard line, and they all imply that it is indeed tough...
...world of Afghan women. After covering the fall of the Taliban, Seierstad joins the household of an erudite bookseller for four months. She is drawn to Sultan Khan (a pseudonym) because of his encyclopedic knowledge of Afghan culture?she calls him "a history book on two feet"?and his valiant role in protecting the country's literature from the Taliban by secreting ancient texts behind false shelves. But Seierstad quickly concludes that Khan's progressive views on Islam stop outside his apartment door. Inside, she reports, the atmosphere is a microcosm of the worst excesses of the previous regime...
...must be said that the efforts of the workers who look after Harvard’s lawns are valiant. They mow and water all too vigorously, in fact: the sprinkler system in front of Lamont recently caught me by surprise, nearly giving my companion, Friedrich Nietzsche, a most unwelcome bath. The sorry state of our grass is not imputable to the gardeners, rather, it is the pleasure and speed-seeking students who rob their work of its fruit...
Former Miss Americas pass by, valiant and coiffed. Last year’s queen, Erika Harold, towers in a skin-tight American-flag getup, surrounded by red, white and blue potted silk flowers. Miss Florida shakes her fake-fur stole, dripping with plastic oranges...
Entering the season, the Harvard men’s volleyball team believed it could beat any team on its schedule. After winning seven of its last eight matches—and making a valiant surge toward the playoffs—the team had proved its point...