Word: valiant
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...most competitive match of the tournament for Harvard came in flight I singles, with junior Amy deLone putting forth a valiant effort but losing to Princeton senior Diana Gardner...
...Terry Branstad visited Haynes' bedside and said at a news conference, "He was quite emotional about the situation, and tears came to his eyes when he talked about the number of people who lost their lives....I told him he did a valiant...
...daughter of a wealthy ranching family, she had been married to Pedro Joaquin Chamorro for 27 years when he was assassinated in 1978, probably on the orders of dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle. A year later, the Sandinistas overthrew Somoza, thanks partly to La Prensa's valiant editorials and the Chamorro family's money. Then the widow Chamorro watched in horror as the Sandinistas, whom she had mistaken for unorthodox social democrats, revealed the extent of their allegiance to Moscow and Cuba and their disdain for democratic politics...
...portrayal seem all the more natural. Ndosi's performance as Joanna is executed with intelligence and veracity. But although both actors are able to suspend reality for awhile, they have essentially been assigned an impossible task. Lawrence and Joanna are not your average couple. And so, despite the valiant attempts of the cast, the audience all too often feels like the unwanted guest of some private family ritual...
...medley relay and second in the most exciting race of the day, the 400-yd. freestyle relay. In that race, Georgia led by over a second with one leg to go. Harvard Co-Captain Linda Suhs swam a blistering anchor leg of 51.67, but her valiant comeback fell short, as the Georgia swimmer out-touched her by .47 seconds...