Beowulf has just announced he will fight Grendel hand- to-hand, without weapons. In line 175, rather than gloating
that he will be the sure winner, he says what?

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b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.