Word: valiant
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...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...
...Harvard season had its share of thrilling overtime heroics—in particular senior forward Beth Totman’s strike against Boston College and freshman Sara Sedgwick’s valiant header against Princeton...
...there certainly was nothing deferent about the last game he’ll ever play, when Merchant poured in an astounding, school-record 45 points in yet another valiant, but losing, effort against Brown...
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...