Word: superiors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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These composers are not lacking in individuality and originality. Like the lesser artists of any period who for some reason have not produced the consistently superior quality of work which would raise them to the very top, they have contributed much that is worthy of attention. Vivaldi, for instance, though primarily a violin virtuoso whose love of flash and dexterity often carried him to vacuous extremes, had command of form and gift for thematic invention admired even by Bach who borrowed extensively from his works. The Longy School faculty concert tonight at Agassiz Theatre will present Vivaldi's "Four Seasons...
...feeble-minded love. They made them toys, watched them play, gave them plenty of room to run around. Within two years, to the psychologist's amazement, the intelligence quotients of twelve of the orphans rose sharply, in some cases as much as 40 points, and they appeared superior in intelligence to their playmates in the asylum. Later, seven of them were adopted. During the same period, twelve of the normal children who remained in the crowded asylum, and received no affection, slowly drifted into feeblemindedness...
...meet Anne Morrow Lindbergh and their two little Lindberghs, who arrived from perilous Europe to stay awhile with Grandmother Elizabeth Morrow at Englewood, N. J. But Father Lindbergh could not tarry long. He had 25 other visits to make before he could turn out a report for his admiring superior, Major General Henry H. Arnold. Expert Lindbergh in that document will have a chance to compare what he finds in the U. S. with what he found in Germany, Russia, England. His report may be a loudspeaker for Henry Arnold's little heeded pleas to Congress for more research...
...Superior Court Judge Georgia Bullock of California: "I'm not sure whether they are married or not, but I hope for the best...
...righteously nurturing our 'Aryan' imbeciles, morons and criminals, encouraging them to breed more of their kind, and supporting them at public expense. On the other hand, we persecute the Jews and try to destroy them, and actually succeed in preventing the survival of those who are not superior in wits and in constitution. Thus we make them better and better, while we get worse and worse...