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MacCready's own thinking skills have served him well. He first won national acclaim in 1977 when his Gossamer Condor, a kitelike affair propelled only by a furiously pedaling cyclist-pilot, flew in controlled flight for more than a mile around a figure-eight course. For that feat, unsuccessfully attempted by dozens of others over the previous 18 years, MacCready won a $95,000 prize from British industrialist Henry Kremer. Two years later the same pilot pedaled an improved version of the ephemeral craft, the Gossamer Albatross, all the way across the English Channel to earn MacCready a second Kremer...
Ironically, these concerns about the department's ability to attract students arise annually despite nearly universal acclaim for the academic merits of the engineering program here. Many of its members are famous for their pioneering research, according to Martin...
...there isn't a pit bull alive that can drag a conductor off the stage. In any case, true success nowadays means more than the ability to produce a memorable performance. It means winning the directorship of a major ensemble, a substantial recording contract, the admiration of players, the acclaim of critics and audiences...
While Nye says he has only succeeded in putting together one "very bad" chapter of his fiction work, critical acclaim is already pouring in for the professor's most recent scholarly work, called Bound to Lead...
...Smith says that Bound to Lead's readibility, combined with its popular and controversial topic, is bound to garner more publicity for Nye and further enrich his academic reputation. "My hunch is that the book is going to get even more acclaim," Smith says...