Word: brilliantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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General Motors in existence today. When Du Pont took control during the post-World War I depression, the young auto giant was headed for the rocks. Brilliant, mercurial William Crapo Durant, who put the company together, was $80 million in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. Du Pont had already put $49 million into the company's stock. By risking another $31 million of its capital, Du Pont bailed out Durant and put the company back on course, not only with cash, but also with managerial talent. Du Pont President Pierre S. du Pont, who had been actively...
Woodward, who has won Harvard's first Ledlie Prize, was cited: "From his brilliant analyses of molecular structure have come man-made ways to simulate nature...
...scholar who can teach. For such a student will demand an instructor who is at the forefront of the field, and who considers the field a live one. There are, however, very few Kittridge's at Harvard now, or at any time. There are very few professors who give brilliant lectures in the morning, write penetrating essays in the evening, and give friendly dinners on Sunday afternoons...
...Brilliant students can be ruined by a police-type exam given in great detail because of the grading system"--Paul H. Buck, former dean of the Faculty...
...Crimson has had a season that hardly fulfilled expectations on a sustained basis, for it was out of the running early in the E.I.B.L. race. But the team played brilliant baseball on many occasions, coming up with many double plays in tight places. The pitching probably held the team back, but even there some excellent performances highlighted the season...