Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...places as the leaders of Korea's military and technological life. They were, as their superintendent, Major General Chang Kuk Chang, 31, admitted, as bright a bunch of second lieutenants as can be found anywhere in the world. But one thing worried him: that they might feel too superior to the nonacademy men they will soon be serving under. General Chang's parting advice: "Don't be too proud of yourself. Don't think you know everything. Look to the future...
...court Howard refused to say whether he had got the quote from the union official or from another informant. Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Charles McGoldrick ruled that Howard's bylined story and use of direct quotation led the court to assume that the union official made the statement to Howard; thus the newsman had already waived his protection by identifying his source in print. As a result, the judge found Howard guilty of contempt of court and ordered him jailed until he revealed his source. Newsman Howard got out on $100 bail and took his case to California...
Crimson Clearly Superior...
...final score of the rain-drench game was Harvard 21, Columbia 7, but it just might have been more. The varsity was clearly the superior team, picking up 286 total yards to Columbia's 143, and controlling the ball for 72 plays from scrimmage to 34 for Columbia...
Felix's education began some early day in the perpetual childhood that was to be his life. It was then that he delighted to muse to himself, "I (can) not conceal from myself that I am made of superior stuff or, as people say, of finer clay." From this time on his life consisted of varying attempts to prove and demonstrate this thesis. His education consisted in learning new techniques for these attempts...