Word: superior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...manifest. After the legislature made Wyman a one-man committee to inquire into subversion in 1953, the Attorney-General demanded that the New Haven minister hand over the names of guests who visited the summer camp where he directed conferences on peace. Uphaus refused, and in 1956 the state Superior Court cited him for civil contempt by a close 3-2 decision, with a minority which objected that "on a record such as this so slim a semblance of pertinency is not enough to justify inquisition violative of the First Amendment...
Pusey praised the 1960 Yale team and said that it was "wonderful" that the Ivy League, under its rules and policies, could produce such a "superior team...
...regard to the article, "The Real Brand X" [Oct. 31], let me say: It's not that I really believe that "first place is too crowded"-it's that I am so utterly sick, sick, sick of loud and aggressive commercials telling me how superior some product is-that I am more than happy to try Brand X, out of sheer negativism. Three cheers for good old maligned Brand...
...Yale Law School's Dean Eugene V. Rostow is "seriously considering" a lottery to pick evenly matched applicants. In culling 250 entrants from 1,200 applicants, Yale Law has no trouble choosing 80 from the superior "A group." Problem is selecting 170 from the remaining "B group," all of them with equal marks. "Interviews only give you impressions," said Rostow. "I myself have no faith in my ability to interview an applicant and necessarily come up with the best prospect. Choosing them by lot would probably be fairer...
...circulation inroads and the P-D's belated concern, the Globe has a long row to hoe before it catches up with the Post-Dispatch as a newspaper. Amberg has brought many improvements to the Globe-Democrat; yet the P-D remains more thoughtfully written and edited, has much superior Washington and foreign coverage. Says one Post-Dispatchman: 'We're harder to read, we're long as hell, and sometimes we're not as bright as we should be. But a serious reader has to see the Post-Dispatch to know what's going on." True enough...