She says she sees that pattern everywhere: Afrikaners building a "fantasy of innocence," recalling their early history when they bravely ventured into harsh terrain to escape British oppression.

To hear Mr. Feinstein and a small, hot pop-jazz ensemble led by John Oddo take on Mr. Short's signature songs at Tuesday's opening-night show was to find a performer bravely venturing outside his normal comfort zone into jazz and maintaining his footing.

Children who bravely ventured into the darkness soon came scampering back.

After they had drawn the first of their two games, Kramnik bravely ventured a tremendous combination and Kasparov could not handle it.

She sat patiently with her hand raised, and when her turn to speak came, she bravely ventured to disagree with her classmates.

Graf then poured on the pressure, in the form of her blistering returns of the unblistering serves swatted by Hingis, and at break point one of those returns prompted a netted backhand volley from Hingis as she bravely ventured netward behind her serve.

Prosser bravely ventured into the dense smoke and, by opening a set of air doors, diverted the noxious fumes out of the mine.

He knew that he looked somewhat outrageous, but he ventured bravely forth.

To stop each wave Her clutch to save She ventured bravely.

Free tickets go to exactly the people who least deserve them - corporate execs who only come for a night or two like tourists on cruise ships, venturing bravely from their clean toilets in the backstage area only long enough to say they have been among the hoi polloi.