Word: successful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...students who have been given the opportunity to reach a very high level of academic achievement in prep schools or very good public schools. But the risk of admitting students of uncertain preparation but promising potential should certainly continue to be taken. On the one hand predictions of future success based on previous preparation and performance is not particularly reliable; moreover such a policy would weaken the healthy effects of geographical distribution...
...their advanced work in high school. A student with A.P. in one or two courses, however, is under no compulsion to avoid repetition. So far, though, virtually no one has used his accelerated training for mere grade advantage: this academic honesty is essential to the program's continued success...
Although Navy actually won the Intercollegiate League title, it is difficult to call them the best nine-man squad in college squash because of the fact that their success seems to be more contingent on the home court advantage than is usually the case. On the other hand, Harvard showed throughout the season one of the most powerful, well balanced teams ever to play in intercollegiate competition...
...success, this team has been the second-worst one in the last five years, a period of phenomenal success for freshman hockey. Last year, the least spectacular one, the record was 17-5. The year before, the Yardlings had a 17-2 record, and of the two preceeding seasons, one was undefeated, the other marred by one loss. Also in this period, the freshmen have lost only two games with Ivy League competitors, one of which was the recent loss to Yale on March 7, which gave Yale the unofficial Ivy League championship by virtue of its untarnished...
Another factor in the team's success was depth. The Crimson had three complete front lines, which were almost of exactly the same quality and could thus be used interchangeably. Most of the opposing teams had only two lines...