Let's get right to it: On page 5 of Paul Murray's dazzling new novel, 'Skippy Dies,'... Skippy dies. If killing your protagonist with more than 600 pages to go sounds audacious, it's nothing compared with the literary feats Murray pulls off in this hilarious, moving and wise book.
We have also suffered similar defeats in our early years.
We could have picked some place in a remote location, but that defeats the purpose of being in an area close to the middle of the county.
Two defeats is enough. In the short term the losses have no direct impact. But you can't under-perform indefinitely and expect loyal supporters to keep buying their shirts and keep paying for tickets at Twickenham. We have to get back to winning ways.
Designed in 1959, the copper-clad dome is a great example of the more adventurous architectural feats of the twentieth century,
Who killed Johnny Keats? "I," said the Quarterly, "So savage and tartarly, 'Twas one of my feats
Our main objective is to get into the schools during the day to promote character building and drug awareness. We do that by getting their (students) attention with feats of strength." ()
It started the very next day when we arrived after suffering five consecutive defeats in our regional one-day competition (in October 2005). And I'm sure every member of the team would agree with me that...it was a tough road to travel.
It's looking a little better and another few wins might start to get me excited as I feel we can afford a few defeats while our challengers can't.
This team is certainly talented enough to duplicate a lot of feats that were accomplished last year. We have the bulk of our position players back. That should give us tremendous leadership both on and off the field.