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...tiny schools in rural New Mexico; some are ready to perform on the concert stage while others are superb athletes. What unites them are the values--or at least the judgments--of our selectors: each student must be able to pursue a demanding course of academic studies, and possess a special talent or spark--ranging from something as vague as "leadership qualities" to something as concrete as mathematical ability...
...provincial in the sense of being ignorant of other cultures and other times. It is no longer possible to conduct our lives without reference to the wider world or to the historical forces that have shaped the present and will shape the future. Perhaps few educated people will ever possess a sufficiently broad perspective. But it seems clear to me that a crucial difference between the educated and the uneducated is the extent to which one's life experience is viewed in wider contexts...
...shallowness is unwarranted. It is the quality of instruction, not the number of courses, that guards against superficiality. Both "general" and "special" education can be superficial or profound. The successful training of intellect requires teachers who believe in the importance of this approach to undergraduate education and who possess the talents to make it work...
...incessantly subjected to "caustic personal commentary," it is important that they possess "qualities of personal security and stability...
...only part of the ballot, in fact, which will affect the world of sports involves the section where you have to possess a magnifying glass in order to see what you're doing--the amendments...