Word: excellance
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...Paula Radcliffe, 30, that result meant losing badly. Since then, she has won race after race and set a new world best for the marathon. She has had success not just in road races and cross-country but on the track too--a far harder arena in which to excel. If she has a little bit of luck in Athens this August, she will add an Olympic gold medal to her collections. But I don't think I'd be breaching confidences if I said that three years ago, many of us never envisioned her winning an Olympic title...
Rather, we should tell them: Come here because you want to take advantage of excellent academic opportunities, you clicked with the other guys on the football team or you found people who share your goal of raising AIDS awareness. One of Harvard’s strengths is that it attracts an incredible array of individuals who are passionate about something—be it playing the violin or writing humor—and it provides them with the resources to thrive and excel in these interests...
...include talent in one or more areas that will contribute to the institution. If Princeton and Harvard are selecting top performing high school students, and those students are pursuing those interests for which they have great talents, then there should be little surprise that those students would continue to excel and to earn A grades. That should not be too difficult to figure...
...unlike his predecessor. But even those most reverent of quick-witted Clinton must admit that hardly anyone could hold a candle to his charisma—least of all Mr. Bush. So, it’s not fair to judge poor George against such insuperable talent. Where Bush does excel, however—and where Dartboard was supremely impressed—is in his ability to shamelessly avoid questions, of any significance, and turn a random query into a dissertation on how he is (single-handedly) “making the world a better place...
...late teens has sunk like a brick. "I don't care how good a kid is or what traumas she's faced," says Don Talbot, Australia's former head coach and now a consultant to Australian Swimming, "keep her in the water until she's 21 and she'll excel." By that age, Talbot argues, most women have overcome issues of body image and social awkwardness, and are ready to hit a peak that can last five years or more. But Gould was long gone by 21. She may have appeared happy in Munich; in fact, she felt crushed...