Word: proudest
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Prometheus probably had a communication system of sorts, says Dr. Dart. Hunting and the techniques and tools of killing probably forced him to develop "an adequate number of distinctive gestures and signals . . . for communicating [his] intentions while assembling and employing tools . . . and dividing the spoils of the chase." His proudest accomplishment may even have been the use of fire. Dr. Dart has discovered a number of charred animal bones in the Makapansgat caves which he thinks might have been scorched in a man-ape bonfire...
...proudest Daughters of the American Revolution had suddenly been told that their ancestors were all spies in the pay of George III. "It doesn't make the slightest difference whether a great family took part in the Crusades or not," said aristocratic Count Emmanuel de Las Cases. "It is still a great family." But very few French aristocrats were able last week to put so brave a front on the matter. The fact was that the patrician pedigrees of 250 aristocratic families had just had a great fall...
Eventually. Peter Cooper fulfilled his pledge by building a pioneering school which offered art, science and engineering to the poor. For many years his Cooper Union was one of the proudest landmarks in downtown Manhattan (Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street). But with the vast growth of the U.S. educational system, the Union's reputation became obscured: to many, it began to seem more of a historical oddity, e.g., the place where Lincoln made his famed Cooper Union address, than a going educational concern. Last week, as it launched its centennial program with the backing of scores of the country...
Hopes for Coal. Dave McDonald's proudest achievement since becoming president is knocking the wage differential from the contracts of southern Steelworkers, who since 1953 have been getting the same pay as northern workers. Another sizable achievement is that, behind the scenes, he had much to do with arranging the tricky merger of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. last year. Ahead he has two strong ambitions, 1) to be invited to address the United Mine Workers, and 2) to bring John L. Lewis back to the newly united house of labor...
Perhaps the comment that makes Music U.S.A.'s creators proudest came in a recent letter from Communist Prague: "You are doing a really good job, not only that you do our evenings more pleasant and unforgetable, but there is much deeper meaning of it-to become acquainted of the development of the art and spirit of American nation with all its optimistic roots of thinking...