Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...photographs accompanying your [Oct. 11] article . . . What a profound impression this must make-these Americans, always broadcasting about freedom and equality and the "American way of life" and what a great little country we are . . . As an American living abroad, I find myself wondering about my countrymen, especially that superior breed of bigots south of the Mason-Dixon line. R. N. WHITE Rafha, Saudi Arabia...
...role as the Mother of God. Almost a century later (1950), Pius XII in turn proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of Mary which holds that since the Virgin was free of original sin, her body must be incorruptible and was physically taken into Heaven. Mary is thus "superior" to all other creatures, save God. Her "queenship" follows as a consequence. But so far it is only Church doctrine, not dogma: Roman Catholics may believe it, but they are not constrained to do so on pain of excommunication. The Pope, in fact, issued a mild warning last week against extremes...
Dripless Paint. An odorless paint that will not splash was put on sale by Superior Paint & Varnish Corp. of Chicago. The paint, which looks like thick whipped cream, thins out under the friction of the brush. Price...
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 6--While two makeshift backfields were performing about equally, a superior Harvard line outplayed Princeton's here today to give the Crimson a 14-9 win--its first over the Tigers since 1946. Although it was as close and sloppy as the varsity's five previous games, the third victory was played in weather as perfect as the outcome. It was no day to be in Cambridge...
Even without Joslin, however, Princeton Coach Charley Caldwell must have considered the Crimson superior to his own team, for he resorted to outlandish single and double wing variations all afternoon. That varsity Coach Lloyd Jordan dressed a better squad was proved all the more by the coolness and competence with which it adjusted to and then stopped the unorthodox Tiger attack...