Word: excellency
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...contest could be a replica of the Crimson's 51-44 loss last week to Army. The two military academies have identical strengths. They are both well-balanced and possess unusual depth in the sprints. Both are week only in areas where the Crimson does not excel...
Virtually any mediocrity can rise to fame as a maestro, Piatigorsky suggests, provided that he learn to excel as "a charmer, a speaker, an organizer and a bridge player. His own family life must be irreproachably pure, and at times a single mistake like poor concealment of pornographic material in his luggage, or introducing as his wife a lady who wasn't, has cost a prominent conductor...
However Harvard, as I say, does have a meat and potatoes equality. But when it comes to dessert--ah, that is another matter. Girls are allowed to be equal; they are not allowed to excel. Girls are not eligible for membership in Harvard's only literary honor society, the Signet. Until recently, there was no literary magazine for them to write on. Girls shy away from holding top offices in clubs or publications, from directing plays. And most important, for it reveals the deeply traditional roots of the practise, there are no travelling fellowships--certainly the most coveted senior prize...
Tigers' Backs Excel...
...coach rotated so many backs in the scrimmage that none had a chance to excel. But one halfback with unusually good lateral moves is Ron Kram, a 6 ft., 130-pounder from Regina, Saskatchewan...