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Genesis 32:25 tells of how Jacob wrestles with an angel. When he is victorious, he demands from the bested messenger his prize: a name. The angel concedes defeat, replying, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven...and prevailed...
...Most everything she's striven for, she'sgotten," Nicholas adds. "At university, forexample, every single play she's wanted to getinto, she's got. She's wanted to get into, she'sgot. She's never had one loss...
...these standards, Harvard's men's swimming team has been a freak now for a couple of years. While most Crimson athletic teams have fallen from national prominence or have set their sights on local or regional competition, the Crimson has steadfastly striven to enlarge its scope, to burst from the provincial realms of ECAC action and embrace the national scene...
...particular, the Crimson impressed with its counterattack. A "Counterattack" is the water polo equivalent of a "fast break." It is a team's ability to recover from the defensive end and make a bold offensive move. Harvard team's of the past have striven incorporate a solid counterattack into their gameplans. This year's team seems to be doing...
...believed in wholeheartedly. He meant every word of the order of the day he addressed to the servicemen he was sending into Hitler's Festung Europa: "Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Forces: You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade toward which we have striven these many months...