Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Coach Bill McCurdy, figuring that Dartmouth would run its best men in the two-mile relay, pulled two of his best men from the mile relay to counter the Indian strength, counting on the superior Crimson depth to provide the win in the mile...
...otherwise excellent supervisor who spoils his performance by a bullying lack of tact with subordinates. Since his behavior is adolescent, the prescription was to treat him as an adolescent, with firmness and support, and allow him to let off steam against his own superior with no fear of counterattack...
...college mental health program must principally "concern itself with the 'normal' student, the one who is working against unnecessary handicaps," Farnsworth said, but still "there is a qualitative difference in dealing with college students, as they are a group with superior intelligence and desirous of getting back to their work soon...
Conditioned Response. In Greensboro, N.C., a week after he got an eight-month suspended sentence for stealing ex-Mayor Benjamin Cone's Oldsmobile, Ardell Reece was picked up by police, charged with hit-and-run driving, reckless driving, driving without a permit, stealing and wrecking Superior Court Judge L. Richardson Preyer's Chrysler convertible...
...best combination of plans for the least money. For example, the Air Force's General Curtis LeMay has made his Strategic Air Command cost-conscious right down to squadron level. A squadron commander who performs his missions and keeps his costs down is usually running a superior outfit because he has found ways to cut the number of accidents, keep crews healthy, and reduce the time lost in overhaul. A good budgeteer gets his final test when he looks back over his year's estimates to see what kind of planner he really turned...