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...Filipinos who massed on Epifanio de los Santos Ave, or EDSA, were genuinely brave, far more than the crowds gathered last week on the same highway. Ferdinand Marcos was a tough character, and he had a military machine behind him. Who would have thought a group of nuns could vanquish...
...been cast down from the mountain. About 30 rebels still roam the jungle. Refugees still walk over the border and hide in Burma's forests, fleeing Rangoon's soldiers. Some Karen refuse to believe the twins are finished. They say the boys will grow strong again and return to vanquish their foes. The Karen are a people still in need of a savior. And so in the mist-covered mountains of the Thai-Burma border, many will be praying for the second coming of Johnny and Luther Htoo...
...changes are unlikely. We're a nation fond of tradition - particularly our own - and while we're probably ready for some serious overhaul to the ballots themselves (perhaps in the form of federalized voting standards - no more chads!) it won't be easy to convince the political establishment to vanquish a voting methodology as old as the country itself...
...Games are resilient, the Olympic spirit unsinkable, because the Games produce heroes, and it is in the nature of heroism to vanquish all opponents. When a Jim Thorpe or a Wilma Rudolph or a Mark Spitz or a Nadia Comaneci wins an event, he or she has not only defeated an opponent but has also put out of mind the criticism of the Games. Unlikely heroes emerge. Our aspirations and hopes become hitched for a few days or hours to a person whose face we have never seen before and whose name we have never heard...
Harvard shot 42.4 percent from the field and held Columbia to a 27.4 shooting percentage from the field. In the battle of the boards, Harvard outrebounded Columbia 50-37, taking advantage of key put-back opportunities to vanquish the Lions' chances of victory...