Word: splendid
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Dana-Farber President Dr. David G. Nathan called Sager a "splendid scientist and great friend" who made truly significant advances in cancer genetics...
These days there are increasingly few "leas" from which to have such splendid visions. Modernity threatens the ability of the citizen to leave society, to venture out and stand in awe of the world as it must have looked on the fifth day. Theodore Roosevelt '80, the father of conservation in the United States, appreciated this reality and did more than perhaps any other American to preserve for future generations their right to escape into nature...
...David Ellwood did a splendid job in his three years as academic dean," said Joseph S. Nye, dean of the Kennedy School. "Fred Schauer has large shoes to fill but he is an excellent scholar who enjoys the full respect of his colleagues...
...production of As You Like It at the Agassiz is one splendid example of a working marriage between the Renaissance text and a modern aesthetic. The Arcadia of Shakespeare's Forest of Arden is shot through with visual evocations of the Victorian period, from the nineteenth-century images hanging quietly among the trees to allusions to Alice in Wonderland. The Victorian icons have a resonance which seems strangely suited to the fantastic atmosphere of the comedy, and the bowler hats, black umbrellas, high collars and spats worn by some inhabitants of the green, fruitful forest lend the entire stage...
...like all my colleagues, am a great admirer of Kishi. He's a fabulous scientist and a splendid colleague," Herschbach said...