Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...memorable chapter in the history of Harvard University and of American education. To me personally it meant the loss of a friend whose inspiration was always stimulating--when I was a student; as I worked with him on Harvard affairs as an alumnus; and in public life. His brilliant mind and broad philosophy ranged far beyond educational limits and definitely contributed to progress in practical government. Massachusetts and the nation will miss a wise counsellor and guide to fuller life...
Except for moments of brilliant passing and set shots the Crimson appeared dead on its feet. Budko and Ken Germann were able to slip through for extra points in the rough and ready second half...
...President Roosevelt celebrates his 61st birthday ... at the close of one of the most brilliant episodes of his career: a journey which brought the breath of his democratic enthusiasm into three continents; a conference which, however little we may know about its strategic decisions, dramatized the fact that the psychological initiative in this war has passed to the United Nations...
...Knot. Whether godly, heroic Montgomery is of the same military caliber as godly, brilliant "Stonewall" Jackson is a question unanswered. As a military man he appears to be more of the caliber of persistent Ulysses Grant...
Danger! Keep Out is neither a great novel, nor a brilliant one, nor even an exhaustive one; it does not try to be. What it tries, it succeeds in admirably: it gives a mature, sensible, credible and moving picture of a well-known world that is little known in literature, a world that, more than any other, gives this century its characteristic shape...