Word: superior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING, by Arnold Wesker, strafes, bombs and generally demolishes U and non-U types at an R.A.F. training base. The chief weapon is laughter as Wesker admonishes the proles to stop kowtowing to their superiors as if they were superior...
Futile Protest. Throughout his early Army career, Marshall repeatedly had to fill jobs far more responsible than his rank. As a green lieutenant in the Philippines, leading 5,000 men on maneuvers, he was described by a superior as "the greatest military genius since Stonewall Jackson." Though only a captain at the outbreak of World War I, Marshall was so successful as a staff officer that he ended up as the First Army's chief of operations and then as "Black Jack" Pershing's personal aide...
...gaining their first victory over the Crimson since 1960, Coach John Pont's team excelled where Harvard was supposed to be superior. Yale's defense was firm on the deciding plays, and its offense kept the football in Bulldog hands most of the time. During the second half particularly, the Blue line controlled the field against only sporadic opposition...
...problems, but feels he can weather the storm. He is convinced that the Navy's case is a reasonable one, that McNamara and his aides are reasonable men. Says he of McNamara's decisions: "If I simply cannot live with the policy, I will face my superior with the fact and will either get his modification of the policy or will leave...
...Committee is unable or unwilling to expand the program, however, it should at least act to end a situation in which admission is refused to candidates whose qualifications and particularly whose motives for applying are often superior to those of their classmates who have already been accepted. It is very hard for a freshman to make an informed evaluation of the merits of History and Lit. Because the field includes material from so many departments, few freshmen will have the experience necessary to foresee what the work will be like...