Word: finest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their acceptance there is often considered "special," and their role is frequently seen as "experimental." All of this causes the minority students to be particularly subject to comparisons, evaluations, theories, prognoses, cheers and groans, condemnation and approval. They are paraded in front of millions of eyes as both the finest specimens of their various races and cultures, and also as examples of America's most pressing domestic problems. Statistics about them are published to both laud their increasing participation in higher education and to decry their still inadequate enrollment; to both proclaim that they have surmounted educational deficiencies and that...
...when the music moves away from that medium and allows the opportunity for the strengths and style of Stevie Winwood to emerge. Winwood, who sings the part of Kurata and also plays guitar, piano and organ, puts in an impressive performance. His childlike yet soulful vocals are at their finest in "Ghost Machine," a fast-paced number based loosely on an Afro-Cuban rhythmic pattern with an aggressive rock beat, and on "Winner/Loser" which is in fact a Winwood composition--his only score among the 14 songs which make up the album...
Many a small-boat sailor prides himself on knowing what a No. 3 Rip-pingille stove is from the reading of this novel. A band of literary aficionados accounts some of Childers' prose as the finest ever written in English on the experience of sailing. First published in 1903, The Riddle of the Sands caused a sensation by speaking of a plausible German invasion of England. It has been reprinted enough to become a minor classic. Generations of readers have leaned back joyfully into the author's affectionate knowledge of the sea as they follow the adventures...
Even before its opening in 1962, the management of Lincoln Center was calling it "the finest musical instrument in America." Philharmonic Hall was indeed something to behold-especially the gold mohair seats and the 136 acoustical clouds designed by Leo L. Beranek to hang from the ceiling and reflect the sound. Alas, the $17.7 million hall was something else to hear-strident, cold, weak in bass. In succeeding years, a series of four acoustical repair jobs (total cost: $2.5 million) were made, culminating in the replacement of the entire ceiling in 1969. But to little avail...
They are removing the scaffolding at last from the locker room inside hulking, gray Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. After dazzling consecutive wins over three of the National Football League's finest teams-Miami, Pittsburgh and Oakland-the once and always rebuilding New England Patriots are no longer under construction. With a conference-leading offense built around the passing and surprise running of Star Quarterback Steve Grogan (see box) and an adequate, if not preternatural defense, the newly proud Pats have shucked their longtime label-Patsies...