Word: valiantly
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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...
...rapid deployment force," by permanent power pressure against countries pursuing a policy unpalatable to it. This is a dangerous line. Indeed, is it the Cuban teachers schooling children in Nicaragua who are searching for concessions for Cuba or trying to pocket the wealth of that country? Did the valiant sons of Cuba give military support to independent Ethiopia and Angola at the request of their governments in order to deprive them of their freedom or to interfere in their affairs? No, a thousand times...
...documentary presents their story in a brilliant interplay of present day portraits and past historical scenes. It weaves an emotion filled story of magnanimity which instills admiration for the Brigade's valiant element of humanity. Producer Noel Buckner describes the movie this way. "It is not only about history. It asks how do people make choices and how does it make a difference in their lives...