Word: superhumanize
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...observed at D.C. General worked in the worst of circumstances with the sickest patients, but they did so with the most dedication and courage of any group that I have ever observed. Ironically, that group will likely get blamed for the one occasion when they failed to perform a superhuman feat...
...Yosef says that the study of archaelogy can give the scientist an almost superhuman perspective on the course of history. The ability to analyze changes that span generations is a powerful one, he says...
What's more, last month's crack in the highly overvalued Tokyo stock market makes the Japanese seem a little less superhuman. The even wilder overvaluation in Japanese real estate could one day make them look downright mortal, sending shocks around the world. And America's new goals for education by the year 2000, which the nation's Governors unveiled last week, aim in exactly the right competitive direction. The goals may seem fanciful -- one is to make American kids first in the world in math and science -- but are they that much more fanciful than the goal...
...outspoken, archconservative. As a senior British official who knows him well puts it, "He has all the prejudices of a white Englishman of his age and social standing." Notes a friend: "Denis calls a spade a bloody shovel, though these days he does it privately. It requires an almost superhuman effort for him to keep the old mouth shut in public. Loyalty to Margaret and common sense make...
...white ways. Those on the right criticize him for airing the dirty linen of the Asian subculture. He is particularly at odds with Asians who pride themselves on the reputation of being a "model minority," with low crime and high SAT scores. "To me," he says, "being stereotyped as superhuman is just another kind of dehumanization. What I love about America is its tradition, not so much of blurring distinctions or subsuming cultures as of different cultures coming to + live together side by side. If I have children, and I hope I do, I would be pleased if their mother...