Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...example: a scene (described by Historian Philip Woodruff) that "Tawney of the Central Provinces" lived. "Quite early in his service, [Tawney] was rebuked for not appearing punctually when summoned before a superior. He must come at once, whatever he was doing, he was told. It was a rebuke quite foreign to the traditions of the service, and Tawney made the most of it. Next time he was summoned he appeared naked, borne shoulder high in a tin bathtub by four orderlies...
...Because Gibb is to well known by European and Near East scholars," Thomson added, "his very presence at Harvard will create great prestige for the University abroad. And he will make the Near Eastern department here superior to any in the country...
...strong voice of freedom in Spain. Editor Iribarren roused the Caudillo's ire by publishing an article outspokenly critical of Spain's press censorship (TIME, May 31). Franco's press boss ordered Father Iribarren to quit, and his Minister of Information urged Iribarren's superior, Enrique Cardinal Pla y Deniel, Primate of all Spain, to fire the stiff-necked editor. Pla y Deniel refused but secretly suspended Iribarren. A bishop's conference last month put through the dismissal, ostensibly on the grounds that Editor Iribarren had not submitted his controversial article to his superiors...
...Bartok was happily teaching in Switzerland in 1931 when he set down the slashing, almost barbaric strains of No. 2. He was still 18 bars from the end of No. 3, a comparatively serene but equally intricate work, when he died in 1945 in Manhattan. Both pieces here get superior readings and recordings...
...this gradual development that brought Harvard to the Yale game in superior physical and mental condition. And it was this emphasis on conditioning and fundamentals that allowed the Crimson to wear down the more spectacular Yale team with blocking and tackling, and remove a nine point deficit with two fourth quarter touchdowns...