Word: superbness
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...trying to get beyond conventional racial wisdom. It deployed a team of more than 30 black, white, Hispanic and Asian-American reporters and editors for the project for more than a year. As befits the Times when it's gunning for a Pulitzer Prize, the stories they produced are superb. Two of them--a riveting examination of the oppression of black and Hispanic workers in a North Carolina pork-processing plant and a nuanced portrayal of how two close Cuban friends, one black and one white, are torn apart by apartheid American-style after they immigrate to Miami--are masterpieces...
...basket that gave his team the NBA title. Others would pick the "perfect game" that Don Larsen pitched for the Yankees in the 1956 World Series. Or Secretariat's amazing 31-length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes. What each of these performances has in common is domination--a superb athlete taking on the best of his peers and crushing them. But for my money, no other athlete has dominated his sport in a single outing the way Tiger Woods did in winning the recent U.S. Open at Pebble Beach by an unprecedented 15 strokes. And unlike many an athlete...
...fine green line--the boundary between the worst of the touring pros and the best club champions--is as wide as the Pacific. Newport may be a very good golfer, but he's an even better writer. From a distressing little story about Michael Jordan to some superb explorations of the golfer's soul, there's a revelation or a delight on every page...
Both are widely regarded as superb candidates. But of course, things are rarely that simple. Although Clark and Fineberg have the home field advantage, Harvard politics make them more complex possibilities than they may initially seem...
...year, women's foil had a superb season, and the epee proved strong, though not as strong as expected. In addition, women's sabre steadily improved throughout the course of the year...