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...instruct the Longhorns in "deep relaxation and positive suggestion which eliminates the negative." Says Akers: "The players are committed. You don't come to Texas unless you're a competitor and committed. Mental concentration, though, is harder than physical preparation." As his players looked on first with awe, then growing respect, Akers and his assistants put in grueling 14-hour days. Their dedication proved contagious. Says Interested Observer Royal: "He is willing to pay the price in long hours, elbow grease and getting out of the shade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Longhorns of Plenty | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

...street for too many " Says he: There are things to be learned by those not quite good enough for Algebra 1 but who try and do their best." Civics Teacher Jerry Kotsovos, who is held in awe by students as Marshfield's most demanding teacher, feels that "students aren't being challenged enough. They complain that I make them work, I make them think. But they're glad afterward." He conducts his classes as vigorous discussion groups Margaret Burdg, who has the prim and proper air of an old-fashioned English teacher, team-teaches with History Teacher Connell an English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Schools Under Fire | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

Peter Dobereiner, in recounting Crosby's exploit, wrote: "Stepping onto that tee, with the ocean crashing against the rocks below and the sea lions honking derision, the golfer is a tumult of emotions. Fear, awe, admiration and indecision fight for supremacy...Nowhere is he offered the chance of a richer prize or a more enormous failure. It is quite possible to stand on that tee and hit ball after ball into the Pacific and many a man has done so. On the other hand, Bing Crosby can look back and reflect that his life has not been in vain, even...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: From `King of Jazz' to King of Golf | 10/21/1977 | See Source »

...always expected a place like Harvard to be awe-inspiring and overwhelming--but I have not felt daunted or intimidated," he explains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Newsrooms to Lecture Halls | 9/28/1977 | See Source »

...control of the film and no changes to be made without his approval?he agreed to work for a minimal salary and a percentage of whatever profit there may be. To meet expenses, he is selling his house. Today this furious man speaks of Keaton with a kind of awe: "She has more artistic courage than anyone I know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love, Death and La - De - Dah | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

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