Search Details

Word: excels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

With this production, the time has come for a stock-taking of Miss McKenna's stature. No matter how fine the performances given in modern plays by an actress, the accolade of "truly great" is not generally bestowed on her unless she proves she can excel in several of the notable classic roles...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Macbeth | 8/6/1959 | See Source »

...played only a minor part. But once election was won, he took charge of an exhaustive preparation for office. A management-survey firm was hired, at his suggestion, to draft detailed analyses of each federal department and major agency. This sort of efficient staff work, at which both brothers excel, helped Ike take over in 1953 without any serious administrative hitches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Youngest Brother | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

...intention of letting Perón himself return to Argentina. In his delicate, dangerous balancing act, the left-of-center President has allowed Peronism to rebuild itself as a counterweight to the conservative army and business elements. Now he must endure the kind of greedy heckling at which Peronistas excel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Peronista Comeback | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

Thank you for publishing so much of Mr. Sherman Adams' address. It's about time someone replied to the charges, half-truths, libels, etc. that Democrats excel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 24, 1958 | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

...deem it narrow-minded to excel...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Theodore Roosevelt at Harvard | 12/12/1957 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next