Word: gallant
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...where the light fell strong and red upon them, bringing out into bold relief each spar and line, were the two ransomed vessels, the Noah's Arks that were to bear away the human life which in a few hours would be all that was left of the gallant whaling fleet...
...weekend, the Harvard women’s water polo team faced the daunting task of facing perennial division champion Hartwick, division rival Brown, which had already beaten the Crimson twice this year, and ranked non-league foe Michigan.While Harvard (10-11, 2-5 CWPA Northern Division) put up a gallant effort against each of its opponents, it could not scratch out a win.The Crimson fell to the No. 13-ranked Hawks (20-9, 7-0) 16-7 at home on Friday and lost 10-6 to the Bears (11-13, 4-3) on Saturday afternoon in Providence, before losing...
...Gallant Venture It defies my understanding why the success of the Chinese space program [Oct. 17] should make other Asians critical of it, as was the reader who wrote a letter to TIME [Nov. 21]. If China wishes to push its space technology to its highest extreme, there is no necessity to pour cold water on that gallant effort. Indeed, as Asians, we ought to be proud of such an unprecedented accomplishment. Let's look forward to the day when Asia's space endeavor lands an Asian on the moon. Venze Chern Cameron Highlands, Malaysia...
...mouth. But no one's complaining. They brought dancing of a very high order to places that had never seen anyone in toe shoes and tutus before, they found camaraderie, fun and the ineffable satisfactions of artistic enterprise in their work. In short, they are a nest of gallant old birds and this movie, directed by David Geller and Dayna Goldfine, is inspiring in the best, unsentimental meaning of the term...
...Smith (Farrell) is intoxicated by the land's abundance and awestruck by the grace of Pocahontas (Kilcher). In their sylvan rapture they could be the American Adam and Eve. Or is he, as the envoy of European civilization, the snake in her Eden? She may need another, steadier gallant, John Rolfe (Bale), as her heart's compromise...