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Word: excellences (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...understatement to say that it is a rare to find Asian-Americans who excel on the football field. Most sports fans would be hard-pressed to name even one Asian in the NFL. Yet Cheng said he never noticed he was a bit of a pioneer, breaking Asian stereotypes on the football field, until his senior year when his government teacher discussed stereotypes and discrimination with him and a Korean friend...

Author: By Michael M. Luo, | Title: Breaking Asian-Americans the Mold | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

Some athletes complain, in fact, that fellow students don't appreciate how hard they work or recognize how many of them excel...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: 'Dumb Jocks' at Harvard: Debunking the Myth | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

Athletes can and do excel both in the classroomand on the playing field, says Megan E. Colligan'95, captain of both Women's Varsity Lacrosse andVarsity Field Hockey...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: 'Dumb Jocks' at Harvard: Debunking the Myth | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

...excel academically, athletes must somehowfind time to read, complete problem sets and writepapers. Too often, they say, people assume thatthey don't bother...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: 'Dumb Jocks' at Harvard: Debunking the Myth | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

...College athletics (varsity teams) have takenon a professional orientation, they have becomemore time-consuming, and the students who excel onthe teams rarely achieve an academic record highenough for the Rhodes competition...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: 'Dumb Jocks' at Harvard: Debunking the Myth | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

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