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Although some critics, including a number of top military men, dismiss him as "a good paper shuffler" and as Kissinger's errand boy within the White House, Scowcroft is hardly an automaton. He is an intellectual soldier with a superb background in international relations. A West Point graduate, Scowcroft won a master's degree and a Ph.D. in his specialty at Columbia University, also studied at Lafayette, Georgetown's School of Languages and Linguistics, the Armed Forces Staff College and the National War College. Fluent in Russian and Serbian, Scowcroft taught Russian history at West Point during...
When death finally did come for the archbishop in 1888, when he was 73, Santa Fe - and Lamy himself - had changed. "Bishop Juan," as his requiem Mass called him, was mourned by Indian, Mexican and Eastern American alike. "It was," reports Horgan at the conclusion of this superb biography, "the end of a fine...
Netminder Rhodes received words of praise from friend and foe alike following a superb performance in the twines. Overall, the versatile senior stymied 16 Princeton shots with brilliant leg work and nifty stick stops...
...been for the superb performance of Radcliffe goalie Carlene Rhodes--the Bruins peppered the net over the second half--the final score may have been far more lopsided...
...Stulberg achieved what he wanted by subtle proddings of the baton. The orchestra played better than it has in the last several years, and this at only the start of their season. If the Bach Society improves over the year, as it usually does, we should be hearing some superb music...