Word: firstclassic
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...government is loaded with [scientific]people of first class talent who can make firstclass judgements," he says...
...flower-case cultural center in Cambridge. Like an old gem in an awfully tacky setting, this confluence of streets dimly shines out of the decaying sprawl of industrial and residential space that is East Cambridge. In recent years, Inman Square has become the site of several good bars, some firstclass restaurants and a dinner theater. Last Wednesday the venerable intersection established further claim to its position in Cambridge's cultural firmament with the opening of the Off-Broadway Theatre on Hampshire Street, in the garage-like structure that was the home of The Proposition until last summer. The Off-Broadway...
...Poor dynamics and sluggish stickwork led to a serenade that started well but ended weakly. The last movement was ragged. The first violins showed a remarkable lack of attention to their conductor, which was too bad because Baker was definitely worth watching. Conducting the concert from memory, he displayed firstclass musicianship. His style is understated but strong, and though he is an extremely appealing conductor, he never overplays to his audience. If the overture was the highpoint, the serenade's rondo was the definite...
...last, the Post Office--too clever by half--seems to be on the verge of hoisting itself on its own little game of petard. True, no greater number of firstclass letters will flow through the mails (the rates increase to five cents as of the first of January), but at least no one need ever receive another piece of junk mail. Nemesis in this instance is a curious little figure named Mr.Zip. Mr.Zip is five little numbers that secretaries of giant from firms are supposed to be able to put on hundreds of useless envelopes to speed them on their...
...long as our teachers regard their work as simply giving so many courses for undergraduates, Eliot said, "we shall never have firstclass instruction here. If they have to teach graduates as well as undergraduates, they will regard their subjects as infinite, and keep up that constant investigation which is necessary for firstclass teaching...