Word: superior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accuracy) on swordsmanship, sex, the source of the Nile or the location of the moun tains of the moon. Fine fencer and linguist, he was also a natural actor and raconteur, a competent artist and something of a poet. He truly exemplified Baudelaire's negative definition of the superior man: he was "not a specialist...
...wide variety of plays, both Shakespearean and other. He had made remarkable strides by the time I saw him do the difficult leading role of Brother Julian in Albee's Tiny Alice two summers ago in Philadelphia. This was a portrayal carried through with subtlety and skill, substantially superior to what Sir John Gielgud had been able to do with the part on Broadway. And now, after nine years, Colicos has returned to the Festival to tackle the tremendous title role of Macbeth and to traverse it triumphantly. His success is all the more marked when one looks back...
...fact I welcome it. But the Laredos' Bach did have severe balance problems. Mr. Laredo very quickly demonstrated a full, rich tone and an easy command of dynamics on the violin. But he was more and more obliged to "force" in an attempt to hold his own against the superior string length and physical mass of a Steinway grand...
...Soviet record offers both hope and warning. So long as such restraint prevails, a real confrontation of superpowers may be avoided. But if the Russians begin to feel cornered-to regard themselves as being pushed around too much by superior American power-the trend to moderation may be reversed, with increasing peril to world safety. Similar American restraint in areas of current or potential conflict can help avert a tragic showdown...
...part of its power problem. But self-discovery in the life of another happens and sometimes heals. The Confession says "all men fall under God's judgment. No one is more subject to that judgment than the man who assumes that he is guiltless before God or morally superior to another...