Giving up was never in this group's nature
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NEW YORK -- What manner of mettle separates these 2004 Red Sox from the 25 teams that preceded them in spotting adversaries a 3-0 series lead in the postseason, in refusing to go quietly into that good night?
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Heart. Courage. Grit. Determination. Never has the U.S. soccer team sounded so proud of a tie.
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THE resilience of this Australian team is remarkable. To a man, there is a steeliness of resolve and a pride that overwhelms, even intimidates, an opponent.
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You don't have to give blindly, hoping for the best.
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Contrary to suspicions, most persistently tardy people are not aiming to annoy those around them.
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FOXBOROUGH - For a week their collective pain had been the source of national scrutiny, but never did they feel the need to be anything but vague.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 13--Some folks get satisfaction in refusing to help people who refused to help them in an hour or need.
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People who take foolish financial risks, literally betting the house, have no one else to blame when things go bad and they find themselves on the street. Cry me no tears.
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Ken Caminiti was never short of fearless on a baseball field. He made incredible stops at third base, swatted home runs from both sides of the plate and played through pain that would wither most men.
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They are no strangers to death. In more than 20 years of war, the Tamil Tigers have lost thousands in a bloody conflict that has plagued the north of Sri Lanka.
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Some habits aren't meant to be broken.
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For many men, loyalty is sacred. Except when it isn't.
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Tycho:  It is often the case that we are jumped by four or five horde ten levels higher than us.  This is often because we've jumped a friend of theirs, ten levels lower than us, as retribution for some earlier act of aggression, in slavish iteration of a behavior that has - as its culmination - the end of all life, everywhere.  Kara marveled that Gabriel and I were able to escape these confrontations with such regularity.  What was our secret?  "Fear," I said, bending the microphone closer.  "Fear, and selfishness."
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Big and small, these eight might not fall.
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When a degenerative illness strikes, a husband leaves but never goes away.
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'He never forgot people who had done him favours.'
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People here believe in miracles. Small ones, where a kind word or a soft touch can make all the difference. Big ones, too &#151; like finding six men in a collapsed mountain mine nearly three weeks after they were trapped.