Word: superior
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Victory Parade. The Bowmans thought that their ordeal was over-but they were mistaken. Three weeks ago, two of the boys were released on probation by Superior Judge Melvyn Cronin; a third was freed for lack of evidence. That night, a gang formed in the street outside Bowman's home. Through a peephole he had cut in a window shade, William Bowman watched their "victory parade," which included cars roaring over his lawn. A few nights later, egg was smeared on the windshield and hood of Bowman's car, bottles were smashed against his house, and rocks were...
...General," the camp commander (Roland Winters), with such far-out Hellenic treats as octopus and goats' bladders. The resulting buddyhood is so mawkish that most of Act II goes down the sentimental drain. There are two rowdy high spots. At one point, Mr. General's two-star superior (John McGiver) stuns the camp and apoplectrifies himself by Jeeping in on a Greek-styled folk fling, where he finds the cook and Mr. General doing kick-ups (in non-Government-issue evzone skirts and tasseled headgear) to the shrill piping of bouzotiki records. And in Act III there...
...letter sent last July 26, the Society claimed, ". . . the trial in the Superior Court next fall may result in great improvement of the Nutrition Department of Harvard University, now partly financed by drug and chemical interests...
EXETER: Rene Clement has created a superior suspense film in Purple Noon. The French title, Plein Soleil (probably best translated "Broad Daylight") is more accurate; the film is concerned with a daring attempt to execute the perfect daylight crime. Color photographs of the Adriatic and luscious Marie de la Foret guarantees spectacular footage, and Alain Delon as the top crook turns in an excellent performance...
...Democracy is the superior form of government," Kennedy wrote, "because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being. For the long run, then, democracy is superior. But for the short run, democracy has great weaknesses. When it competes with a system of government which cares nothing for permanency, a system built primarily for war, democracy, which is built primarily for peace, is at a disadvantage. And democracy must recognize its weaknesses; it must learn to safeguard its institutions if it hopes to survive...