Word: superbness
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...seeming violation of psychobiography, of delving into an historical soul, pales beside the violation of misapplied psychology of a biographer. The growing number of superb psychobiographies should prod the biographer to redefine his role. Dr. Cody has gotten hold of what small sureness can be secured from Emily's life...
...fact is that if the Taipei regime were expelled, the mainland Communists, with their superb theatrical sense, could conceivably have a man on the floor of the General Assembly the next day to deliver a maiden speech. If Peking is admitted but Taipei is allowed to retain its seat, however, Mao's men will almost certainly stay away...
...given to exasperation: "With a third hand I could do it all myself!" Both men, naturally, are fantastically skillful. In surgery, Cooley once joked: "You practice for this procedure by circumcising gnats." But they are also driven by an almost compulsive devotion to work and a kind of superb arrogance. Each has appeared in surgery while ill and insisted upon operating...
Offensively sporadic for a half but defensively superb throughout its opening victory over MIT last week, Harvard's soccer team visits a large unfriendly crowd, a short field, and a mediocre soccer foe this afternoon at Amherst...
Pennsylvania, equipped with six superb runners, all nearly equal in talent, employed the same bird-dogging tactics that worked beautifully for the Quakers last year, when they whipped Harvard 20-41. The four victors, plus teammates Frank O'Conner and Piazza, ran as a unit throughout the race, surrounding Harvard sophomore Rick Rojas and captain Mike Koerner, and matching them step for step during the first two miles of the 5.5 mile course...