Word: valiante
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Intercollegiate No. 25 Patterson turned in another valiant effort against No. 17 Rutherford with the opportunity to put the Crimson ahead 3-1 and turn the tide of the match...
...after UN weapons inspectors deliver an update to the Security Council. And despite the Bush administration's inclination to close the case in short order, that may not work for Blair. With opposition to a war at this stage growing in Britain and Europe despite the prime minister's valiant efforts to stem the tide, Blair is likely to press Bush to counsel patience and press Bush to stay on the path of seeking UN authorization for military action. Blair affirmed on Wednesday that Britain would support military authorized by a UN resolution, or in a situation "where...
Over the course of five years, the number of psychology concentrators swelled from 282 in 1995 to 427 in 2000. Although the department has made a valiant attempt to keep up with this new interest, it has nevertheless fallen short. This year, scores of seniors will thus not be able to write theses, forced to conclude their undergraduate educations without the culminating experience of year-long original research projects...
...honesty, I must commend this administration for having some valiant goals in mind. It seems to want improved teaching fellows, better planning for larger classes and more thoughtful advising in the course selection process. However, the pseudo-preregistration system that is in the works may very well accomplish none of these goals. And in the process, the new culture of course selection will only cheapen and further commodify a Harvard education...
...went on from there to incessantly read Shakespeare and Milton and Wallace Stevens and indeed almost all imaginative literature, so by the time I was about 15, I had exhausted the Melrose branch. At 16 or so, I started in the main library at 42nd Street, making a valiant attempt to read out the New York Public Library. But then at 17 I went off to Cornell and spent four years there reading through the Cornell library. I got to Yale as a graduate student at 21, and now I have been here 50 consecutive years. I have been reading...