Word: excellence
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last fall Jean went to work with 33 classmates who were already five to seven years ahead of him in France's dead-earnest schooling. In six months, Jean did five years of work in humanities and six years in science - earning good to excel lent grades all the way. In addition to formal school, Jean also studies for six hours a day with five university professors. Next fall he plans to enter Lyons' National Institute of Applied Sciences to become an engineer, though he refuses to be pigeonholed too soon. "I am interested in everything...
NAMED at 44 as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, Byron Raymond ("Whizzer") White has a past that would make Frank Merriwell look like a drudge. It was with an eye to that record that President Kennedy said, in announcing White's appointment: "He has excelled in everything he has attempted -and I know that he will excel on the highest court in the land." White grew up in Wellington, a farm supply center of 550 people in northern Colorado. His father, a lumberman, was town mayor-and a devoted Republican. Byron was valedictorian of his five...
...rude male force. In his direction, despite a tendency to get cute with the camera, Sidney Lumet often achieves a noble seriousness that makes the drama seem almost a rite-as is only appropriate: classic tragedy was the Dionysian counterpart of the Christian Mass. The actors without exception excel, but Actor Vallone beggars comparison. He is the gritty essence of stevedore. He looks like one of Michelangelo's Captives, half man. half rock...
This year's group is the kind of team that should excel in the Heps. It has several stars, good support, and few glaring week spots. But chances are that March will once again find the varsity an also-ran in the big meet it has not won since the glory days...
...American, or anyone, who can demonstrate an outstanding ability in some recognized field will be welcomed into the academic and extra-curricular life of Cambridge. Thus, the committee seeks a young man who, besides displaying overall proficiency, stands out markedly in some single field. Those who excel in athletics are welcome...