Word: olympian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American history teachers, we ask the administration why it frequently refuses tenure to junior faculty members who are often the best teachers in a department--and why, in all the United States of America, the Harvard History Department can't find a teacher or two who would meet its Olympian standards of teaching excellence...
...those Olympian figures who dominated earlier decades of the century are gone. But leadership has not vanished; its character has changed. So have the styles and opportunities of leaders, along with the perspectives, needs and expectations...
...Williams hasn't been in the water for very long. Next week's race at Princeton will be a real test," the second-year coach and former Olympian said...
Since any recruit who considers himself good enough to be scoring at NCAA's also views himself as a potential Olympian, the last thing he wants to do is to attend a school whose swimmers do well during the year but not at the big meets...
...Olympian Bobby Hackett is a strong lure but he will leave after two more seasons. So this is the year that Harvard must land several top recruits if the drive toward national prominence is to be continued...