Word: excellent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Notwithstanding our urge to excel...
...surprised at Knowland's news as Goodie Knight, such political speculation was suspended while the niceties of senatorial eloquence were observed. Two days after Knowland announced his retirement, colleagues on both sides of the Senate aisle seized half an hour for a peculiar ritual at which they excel: lauding each other in terms that would make an egomaniac blush...
Backyard Hoop. A veteran of professional baseball and basketball, Father Sime has always felt a drive to teach his son his own driving urge to excel in sports. As soon as young Dave could handle a basketball there was a backyard hoop. "When I was five," he recalls, "Dad had me out hitting baseballs. Dad always told me to run faster, throw harder, hit farther. He never has been completely satisfied...
McCurdy will have the opportunity to test his two javelin throwers, Chris Angermeyer and Ed Hurley. Captain Art Siler, the team's shotputter and discus-thrower should excel in both events...
Coach Bill Brooks was pleased with the varsity's showing in the Easterns, since both Stanley and Hunter have indicated that they can excel in the Nationals two weeks hence. In fact, Stanley may win the 200-yard breast stroke in the Nationals, though he had yielded in the 100 to Navy's Bob Taft in this year's Easterns...