Word: reknowned
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Perhaps the most famous blind student in the world is Harold E. Krents, Harvard graduate and second-year Harvard Law student. Hal won international reknown when he was classified 1-A by Local Draft Board 10 in Mount Vernon, N.Y. last spring. Hal said he would be glad to serve his country in any way possible, but hoped he'd be able to request the post of bombardier. His "Open Letter to General Hershey," to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey" was printed in Esquire this fall. Legally blind since birth, Hal had limited vision until...
...announced repeatedly that record numbers of people had flocked to the Newport Folk Festival this year, and each time the anouncement was made the crowds cheered themselves with an enthusiasm reserved only for artists of the most reknown. The success of the box office, however, did not insure the success of the festival, and the vast numbers in attendance were just so many witnesses to the end of an era and the demise of an institution...
Leonard Shure, the reknown pianist, will appear as the first artist in the Harvard Summer School Monday Night Concert Series, July 10 at 8:30 p.m. in Sanders Theatre...
...medical schools where students have a reasonable chance of acceptance. Admissions directors unanimously delight in saying that all medical schools in the United States are Grade A. Nevertheless, as any student knows, there is more than one way to get an A, and some schools are naturally more reknown than others...
First of all, they are coached by Cliff Stevenson (who also handles the Brown soccer team), a fellow reknown for his rugged style of play. Secondly, the Bruins have won at least three games thus far, including a 20-1 pounding of Franklin and Marshall. Last year Harvard scored a 11-7 victory, and today's game will be no pushover, especially if Munro does some experimenting...