Word: excellent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that social status or wealth or brawn can confer no advantage. Neither can a high IQ. In fact, a New Jersey psychiatrist-chess player, Dr. Henry A. Davidson, has applied the theory of the idiot savant to chess and concludes that it would be possible for a blockhead to excel in the game, but adds tersely: "He usually doesn...
...down the main street of Carlsbad, N. Mex., is rendered faith fully and affectionately, complete with floats, officials waving smugly, three different kinds of bands (country, Mexican, rock) and a farmer's pickup truck bearing the admonition "Buy U.S.-Made Products." Throughout, the photography (by Tom Rolf) is excel lent, capturing the bleached and blinding light of the Southwest. James Coburn seems to be relaxing and growing as an actor. Charming and bemused in The Carey Treatment (TIME, April 24), he is effectively ornery here. The rest of the cast fit snugly into their roles, too, with the exception...
...varsity lacrosse team faces a strong squad at the University of Massachusetts today as the Crimson tries to improve its 1-4 record. U Mass is the favorite, with 11 lettermen returning from last year's 10-2 team. The Redmen excel on attack, where their starters are last season's top three scorers--Charlie Hardy, Paul Ritch and John Nagel...
...boys are more highly valued than girls, are talked to more and become more verbal. In the U.S., Psychiatrist David Levy has found that boys who are atypically good with words and inept with figures have been overprotected by their mothers. Psychologist Elizabeth Bing has observed that girls who excel at math and spatial problems have often been left to work alone by their mothers, while highly verbal girls have mothers who offer frequent suggestions, praise and criticism...
...started almost by accident. Newly married and with a commerce degree from Ohio State, Mrs. McFadden took a temporary accounting job at Jewel and planned to quit as soon as she became a mother. When children did not arrive, she redirected her energy to the job. The drive to excel pushed her slowly up the male-dominated ranks to a vice presidency, paying an estimated $50,000 or more. She fears that her drive also earned her accusations of being ambitious, even ruthless, and she concedes: "I am a much nicer person now than I was when getting here." Interestingly...