Word: bested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...United States policy on human rights is certainly the best support for people who dare to question the goals of their society and who denounce the abuses and injustices committed by their governments. In Romania, according to Georgescu, every aspect of expression including the press, book publishing, and intellectual life is under the control of the party...
Those three already showed they're ready, to take on the best in the Northeast by setting New England records last week against Clark University...
Ingmar Bergman's Magic Flute, always cited as the best-realized opera film prior to Don Giovanni, neatly sidestepped all the conceptual problems of the hybrid genre--it pretended to be a filmed record of a performance in a provincial opera house, with shots of the audience thrown in to be sure you understood the universality of Mozart's message. Losey never wavers from his no-holds-barred outdoors staging, using the Palladio villas near Vicenza as an occasional refuge from the bright sun that over-exposes many of the scenes...
...Arthur G.B. Metcalf, who is also president of Electronic Corporation of America. Metcalf and Silber are "Siamese twins" in outlook and philosophy, says Samuel Y. Edgerton, a professor of art history who adds that the trustees have an outdated vision of college life and see Silber as the last, best hope of maintaining that vision. Silber's toughness in dealing with students and professors may outrage the university community but it pleases the trustees, Edgerton notes...
Winter is the best time to take advantage of the Harvard sports offerings. With 13 varsity sports plus a myriad of J.V., freshman and intramural teams, this season is the most active one in the Cube. And you can be a part...