Word: comeback
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When Duke’s Ward qualified for the title bout, more than a medal was at stake. Vloka’s 15-13 victory over Ward was less about a championship and more about a comeback, a long-awaited victory over a decade-long rival...
Just over seven minutes remained in the game when Murphy decided to take another gamble. The Crimson was looking at fourth and four at its own 30-yard line, and if a comeback was going to happen, time was running...
...each added goals in the third frame, making the score 8-5. Then in the final quarter of play, Vaughan netted two consecutive scores that, coupled with a goal by sophomore defenseman Evan Roth with 35 seconds on the clock, shut out Princeton’s hope of a comeback...
...time wound down, Harvard’s defense managed to halt Princeton’s comeback, forcing a turnover and securing the team’s first win against the Tigers in 18 years...
...truth, literature is perfectly positioned for a comeback. In a society comprised of compulsive writers and readers, of empty-calorie text, the study of artful language—of words that truly matter—is more necessary now than ever. If you cannot dance atop the tsunami of signifiers heading your way, it will crush you. Learn to breathe language, or else choke on it. If you cannot control it, it will control you. Your words will die on your lips; your thoughts will turn to dust. Taming unruly syllables—bending signification to suit your needs, understanding...