Word: outlasted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...combinations of balanced scoring and a strong contribution from the bench helped Harvard outlast Vermont, despite a UVM bucket with four seconds remaining in the game...
...daring to challenge the paramount authority of Deng. As for Deng, he is believed to be in the capital, personally directing troop movements by phone. Last week's power struggle raised questions of whether he might be turning his back on his own creation and whether modernization would outlast...
Soni easily won his singles match as well, overpowering Mark Orisycavech, 6-2, 6-1. Although his net play was instrumental in the victory, Soni relied on solid groundstrokes to outlast the steady Orisycavech...
...When the pets are done," Jeff says, "they'll outlast the life of their owner. They retain natural characteristics no taxidermist could ever duplicate. That's why owners bring them to me. I can mold their pets into positions the owners remember from life. One owner wanted his cat lying so he could put it on his VCR, where the cat always lay. He moves the cat around the house throughout the day, just like when it was alive. Another puts out water for her freeze-dried dog. One guy had his Husky freeze-dried in a sitting position...
...Bible, Samaritans were viewed with contempt until Jesus' tale of how one of their community showed great mercy to a stranger redeemed them for history. Perhaps the generation that closes the millennium will find the same vindication. The unheralded gestures of gracious individuals may in the end outlast and belie the labels hung on the Me generation. And government, in the meantime, could take some lessons from the most creative of these very private enterprises. Good ideas need money and leadership as well as light and oxygen to brighten and spread. In the process, we might even discover that this...