Determination (redirected from sex determination)

Determination

See also Perseverance.

Agathocles

(361–289 B. C.) Syracusan king; “burned his ships behind him” in attacking Carthage. [Gk. Hist.: Walsh Classical, 9]

Balboa, Rocky

determined prize fighter takes on impossible dream. [Am. Cinema: Rocky in EB (1978), 552]

bulldog

bred for doggedly refusing to let go. [Dog Breeding: Misc.]

Dry Guillotine

book by French escapee from Devil’s Island. [Fr. Lit.: Dry Guillotine]

Ignatz

tenaciously refuses Krazy Kat’s advances. [Comics: “Krazy Kat” in Horn, 436–437]

Jones, John Paul

(1747–1792) Revolutionary War naval hero; remembered for saying; “I have not yet begun to fight!” [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 260–261]

Keller, Helen

(1880–1968) though blind and deaf, becomes noted author and lecturer. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 439–440]

Little Engine That Could

succeeds when others refuse to help. [Children’s Lit.: The Little Engine That Could]

Message to Garcia, A

against great odds, American officer makes his way to Cuban general leading a revolt against Spain. [Am. Lit. and Hist.: Benét, 662]

Papillon

wily prisoner endeavors repeatedly to escape from Devil’s Island. [Fr. Lit.: Papillon]

Santiago

struggles long and hard for great fish. [Am. Lit.: Old Man and the Sea]

tortoise

slow and steady, it wins the race against the hare. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 22; Gk. Lit.: Aesop, “The Tortoise and the Hare”]

Tovesky, Marie

outgoing and friendly, despite husband’s insane jealousy. [Am. Lit.: O Pioneers!, Magill I, 663–665]