Word: valiant
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...possibility existed, though, that these apathetic Democrats--and even some who voted for Reagan in 1980--would support Mondale if he only appeared a valiant campaigner, a champion of the common man, of the decent man, of civil rights, or trivial pursuits. It didn't matter which--just for him be the champion of something...
...boat mounted a valiant last-minute charge but was unable to catch gold medalist Canada which won by a mere 0.42 seconds...
Continental's takeover marks the end of a valiant struggle by Chairman David G. Taylor to keep the bank afloat. "This is not the go-it-alone path we aspired to, but at this point it is the best course open to us," he told employees last week in a press conference carried on closed-circuit TV. Taylor, who was named head of Continental last February, became one of the first victims of the takeover. Both he and President Edward S. Bottum were ousted, although they will remain for an interim period as vice chairmen. The FDIC immediately named...
Grouse though they did about the G.I.s being "overpaid, oversexed and over here," most Britons found the Americans to be warmhearted and valiant Allies. Thousands of English families opened their homes to American servicemen, who responded with equal generosity. Glen Brimblecombe of Ilsington in Devon recalls that as a child "I wanted a bicycle for Christmas. Very selfish, I know now, for Mum could not afford it. Mac, an American sailor from Stover Camp, whom I can still remember, appeared on Christmas morning with a brand-new Elswick bicycle...
When Ashton is ordered to accompany an elaborate royal wedding procession across India, he falls desperately in love with Princess Anjuli (Amy Irving), a half-caste whom he first adored as a child. Before they can ride off into the crimson sunset, numerous complications arise, including a valiant defense of the British embassy in Kabul and the rescue of Anjuli from a cruel marriage and the threat of suttee. So much for narrative...