Courage, he reflected, was when a village woman in war-torn Congo left her house and walked to the well, knowing that she would probably be raped by marauding soldiers before she got there.

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She also never heard her abductor explain why he did it, but she said that wasn't as important as knowing he would never be able to harm anyone else.

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She scored a career-high 24 points, knowing her teammates would come through in a 61-56 first-round win over Syracuse on Saturday.

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The hardest time was not knowing if the tumor was cancerous and if it would kill her, she said.

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Emma says she has no regrets and would do the same again, even knowing that there could be the option of taking preventive drugs instead of having surgery.

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And while we feel a certain sadness that Senator Kennedy is not with us to honor her, let us also take pleasure tonight in knowing just how much he would have loved and admired Magodonga Mahlangu and the organization that she helps lead -- WOZA, which stands for Women of Zimbabwe Arise, and is represented tonight by one of its founders, Jenni Williams.

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My grandfather considered what he would say to the girl when he saw her next, how he could ask her, knowing she could not reply, about what she had seen, what the tiger was like.

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