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...known Navin since he was a second yearstudent, and I have known that he would be anexcellent candidate," Tillery said. "He is a verytalented young man, his community service effortshave been Herculean and he is one of the sincereststudents I've met in my life...
Gates is the Bing Crosby of American technology, borrowing a tune here and a tune there and turning them all into great boffo hits--by dint of heroic feats of repackaging and sheer Herculean blandness. Granted he is (to put it delicately) an unusually hard-driving and successful businessman, but the Bill Gates of our imagination is absurdly overblown...
Just when it seemed impossible to assess the Vienna Choir Boys without adding some qualification (i.e. they were good--for little boys), they sang their finale, Mozart's Mass in C Major and forged such a herculean comeback, it was as though another choir had donned their white sailor suits during intermission. Not only did the choir boys sing the sacred prayer with everything on target--their key, their inflections, even their infusion of reverence--but the choir introduced a soloist who sent a shiver down the spine of every patron in Symphony Hall. Terence...
...amazing spectacle. Hundreds of thousands flock to the banks of our fair river to watch the shells racing by, some gliding as if guided by an ethereal rhythm, others sputtering along like a beat-up old jalopy. If you're lucky, you catch a glimpse of the eight herculean men who comprise the United States National Team's fastest crew; at worst, you get to witness a spectacular crash...
Concerning our bottom line, the business pages tell us that our Herculean economy may be on shaky ground. The financial troubles of so much of the rest of the world may finally be creeping across our borders. Our soaring stock market has hit some turbulence. Long-time stock superstars like Coca-Cola, American Express, and Walt Disney have all recently taken dives. In response, our play-it-cool financial captain Alan Greenspan, as if in a fit of nostalgia for the early '90s, recently announced a rare cut in interest rates...