Word: stressed
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Feminine Gender. Marshall scholars are basically chosen by five U.S. regional committees, with the stress mainly on intellectual promise. Rhodesmen are basically picked by state committees, which seek "all-roundedness" as well as brightness. In highly competitive states, Rhodesmen are thus highly formidable young men. But in less competitive states they may well be more athletic than academic. Picked more evenly, Marshall scholars feel that they are more warmly interviewed. One Michigan boy recalls his recent Rhodes interview as a combination inquisition and fraternity rushing. His Marshall interview was a free-form discussion that became "an intellectual experience in itself...
...tensions resulting from academic work will only be heightened by laying more stress on scholarship Pressures are pressures no matter what causes them, and if one chooses more "involvement" in academic
...this happened just a few days ago. And it served to stress one of the most curious facts of the Cuba crisis: that though the Soviet missile buildup in Cuba brought the world close to war last October, the presence of Soviet forces there may now have some peacekeeping advantages. Continuing Soviet strength in Cuba makes U.S. photo flights necessary, yet it is Soviet authority that presently restrains Castro's trigger-happy gunners from trying to stop them...
Addressing the meeting before the voting, Frazier said he would emphasize national issues such as civil rights and tax reform. His oppenent laid more stress on state and local issues...
Harvard authorities are officially "concerned" over the danger to the Arboretum, but they stress that the title to the Arboretum property, and thus the decision on it, rests with the City. University officials added, "Many Harvard alumni would be tremendously upset by any encroachment on the Arboretum land...