Word: superhumanly
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...Witnessing this weakness was jarring for someone who adored her grandfather in a way overawed children often do, that sort of spell-bound attachment to things that seem rare and superhuman. My annual summer visits to my grandparents’ California home had always promised new examples of his ingenuity: An apple tree he had recently planted with that plump fruit down there growing just for me, a nifty contraption for picking oranges that would later leave my lips raw and stinging from the acid, and ramps and pulleys of all kinds to ease my late grandmother?...
...lessons that I learned from Mankiw and Teskey are inextricably intertwined with more personal ones. My classmate Edward Robinson ’09 summarized my feelings exactly when he said to me yesterday: “I expected freshman year that Harvard would make me superhuman; instead, it's just humanized...
...quarter-century after he graduated from the Law School, others who know Spitzer more vividly remembered his superhuman work ethic...
...house’s outdoor carnival), Winthrop residents don’t summon a lot of energy for the house on the whole. The exception to this apathy is IM sports. IM victories are frequently broadcast over Throptalk, complete with suggestions that Winthrop’s athletes channel superhuman vigor and inexplicable devotion to sports on a regular basis. Power to them. (You can find me in my common room, summoning superhuman heroism on a regular basis in order to kill a midsize colony of cockroaches that have taken up residence there...
Charlie Albright ’11 does not look superhuman. He looks tall. He looks young, or younger than 20 at least. He sits up straight and answers each of my questions politely and honestly...