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Sophomore Kristina Perkin completed the heroic efforts begun by her teammates with a 5-1 victory in the round's final match...
...noble Lincoln was heroic precisely because he defended the people against others who would tyrannize them. With the power of a Caesar, he played the role of an anti-Caesar...
Heroes set a standard for the rest of us. The value of revering heroes does not lie in attaining such a standard. Most of us won't. It lies in the strivings to which their heroic ideal inspires the rest...
...early in his play he dismissed Dr. Strangelove's significance to the present-day nuclear situation. He tries to add some Pirandellian interest to the issue by writing End of the World as a play about writing a play on the arms race--incidentally turning the playwright into a heroic comedian a la Neil Simon. Flailing madly for dramatic interest, Kopit scatters references to detective fiction, academia and Beltway culture that are not nearly so hip as kopit thinks. To call the of his efforts "contrived" would be generous indeed...
...Crimson last snatched the Beanpot title in 1981 with a heroic effort by goaltender Wade Lau. Last year, the squad was dumped by B.C. in the first round--but later topped Northeastern in the consolation game...