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...survey, conducted for the Society by W. Blanchard Lynn '45 1G, asked over 550 students in the College for their views on politics and international and domestic policies. Its sponsors claim that the group is a near-perfect representation of the student body...
Fifth-Grade Arithmetic. To most Washington officials, Bob Lovett is the near-perfect example of the perfect executive. He made his mark in the business world. He succeeded so well during the war as Assistant Secretary of War for Air that ex-Secretary Robert Patterson once remarked: "The fact that our Air Forces achieved their huge expansion in time was due more to Bob Lovett than to any other...
...Yale Near-Perfect...
...expertness of Holmes' direction and the intricacy of Anderson's arranging became more apparent in the near-perfect acoustic conditions of Symphony Hall than in the buffeting of a Stadium breeze. Beautifully shaded contrasts, a clarinet section which sounded as a single instrument, tremendously impressive weight of tuba and trombone: all these were clearly delineated in the Hall...
...House of Commons) and lawyers (both his father and grandfather were at the bar). But young Stafford's quick mind first turned to science. He loved to take the family car to pieces and put it together again. After his schooling at Winchester, a near-perfect examination paper in science won him a scholarship to New College, Oxford, and a job on the research staff of Sir William Ramsay at the University of London...