Word: excellent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite his tempered disdain for movies, Scott is devoted to acting?in any medium. And like many who excel at what they do and are aware of their excellence, Scott sometimes speaks offhandedly of his art. Still, his comments add up to a valuable handbook for actors (see box, page 66). No matter what part he plays, Scott surrounds himself completely with the assignment. "If you get enough around you, like a cloud," he says, "some of it's got to rain through...
...effort to curb rising costs, the eight Ivy League Presidents voted unanimously on Wednesday to permit freshmen to participate on varsity teams in all sports excel, football, basketball, baseball, soccer, hockey, crew and lacrosse...
...Carnivals get all the publicity," he continued, "but I am just as satisfied if the guys excel in the individual open competitions...
...music-hall format in which the Standwells excel has attracted a number of well-known admirers, among them Conductor Leonard Bernstein, Duo-pianists Gold and Fizdale, and Sir John Gielgud. Perhaps the highest professional compliment the Standwells ever received was from Director-Choreographer Jerome Robbins. While experimenting with repertory theater in 1967, Robbins bought out the theater one night and invited his cast. He had been impressed by a puppet performance of a scene from Romeo and Juliet; that evening, he asked Peschka and Murdock to repeat the scene, leaving out the words but explaining their puppets' actions...
...players I've coached here really want to excel," he continued. "They enjoy a challenge, and that makes them work harder. In fact, last year, they complained because they weren't being worked hard enough. That indicates to me that they have the determination to play good football, and so I'm not going to push or pressure them...