Word: valiant
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...Mikhail Gorbachev said the agreement and the general relaxation of international tensions offer a "window of hope." He added, "The possibilities of finding solutions to the complicated issues engendered in the years of the cold war have become more apparent." President Reagan also applauded the agreement, and praised the "valiant struggle of the Afghan people to rid their country of foreign occupation." The two leaders will meet in Moscow on May 29, two weeks after the Soviet troop pullout is scheduled to begin, to discuss a 50% reduction in strategic nuclear weapons...
...Crimson came to life in the second half. In a valiant comeback attempt, David Kramer fired home five goals. Nick Nero and Micky Cavuoti each recorded a pair...
...sagged, and the staircases end in midair. The steeply raked floor intersects doorways at crazy angles, as though it were not wood but water, flooding a city where the people too seem to be drowning. This haunted spot is Epirus, home of Pyrrhus, heroic son of the even more valiant Achilles, and the time is soon after the Trojan...
...grapplers saw their valiant comeback crushed suddenly when junior Tony Consigli was pinned by Chief heavyweight Andy Miller 37 seconds into the first period of the final match. Yet few would deny that Harvard's overall performance exceeded its initial expectations...
...commitment were not so serious and the risk to valiant sailors not so great, the whole operation might seem ludicrous. "Never in my twelve years in the Senate have I seen anything as inane, nonsensical and irresponsible," declared Arkansas Democrat Dale Bumpers. "This policy doesn't have one single redeeming value...