Jim Lehrer, our moderator, encouraged us to let our feelings rise to the occasion.
But the Tide kept on rising to the occasion and they never let up.
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One of great opportunity and, if he fails to rise to the occasion, of great peril.
You don't expect a freshman to rise to the occasion like that, phenomenal performance for her.
"He seemed to rise to the occasion, whenever South Africa got into trouble, " Bacher added.
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Consumers are outraged at higher prices for petrol, and American politicians are rising to the occasion.
Travis, understanding the historically unprecedented centrality he'd suddenly been granted, rose to the occasion with strained seriousness.
Control freaks don't delegate because they're afraid the people around them will not rise to the occasion.
If the challenge is reasonable, or even slightly unreasonable, they love it and they rise to the occasion.
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As the tour developed, he altered the set lists so that each show felt specific to the occasion.
Candidate Obama is back -- and that's the fellow who rose to the occasion when he was down.
One of the athletes who did rise to the occasion was Lachie Stewart.
'We needed a partner that could deliver to our strict requirements for quality and TomTom rose to the occasion.
Thus it isn't so much rising to the occasion that is difficult, but rather sensing that it is the occasion.
Still, as the director Elia Suleiman might point out, we live in peculiar times, and cinema should rise to the occasion.
If he rises to the occasion, Russia, with her great resources and educated population, will be a splendid place to invest.
It might have added some glitz to the occasion, but led to accusations that it discredited it as a serious event.
Cabrera came into this tournament ranked 269th but rose to the occasion.
The mountainfolk in the Bagh valley have risen to the occasion, too.
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It wasn't that Nabokov didn't play well, he just didn't rise to the occasion and steal a game or two for his club.
Good people who need to up their game can also be put on plans in the hope that they rise to the occasion.
But it will lack the edge-of-the-seat frisson that was often added to the occasion by MPs piling into the chamber just after lunch.
With only 16 overs of their innings remaining, the Scots were in urgent need of acceleration and Stander rose to the occasion magnificently.
The prime minister then rose to the occasion the following day with what, in retrospect, may well be seen as a career saving speech.
He's shown as a player that he rises to the occasion and apart from maybe one day at Lord's, he's been exemplary as a captain.
But whether they have enough quality and flair to rise to the occasion is a question that Parreira will not yet be able to answer.
The American people expect this administration to rise to the occasion.
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Every time a challenge presented itself, they rose to the occasion.
Glasgow captain Kellock will lead Scotland out for the first time in his career and Robinson is sure the powerful lock will rise to the occasion.
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But judging by the way both teams have crumbled when the stakes are at their highest, some doubt that either club will rise to the occasion.
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